"Two classes of people lose money; those who are too weak to guard what they have; those who win money by trick. They both lose in the end."
Henry Ford
Industrialist
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, known for revolutionizing the automobile industry with assembly line production.
- Born
- July 30, 1863
- Died
- April 7, 1947
- Quotes
- 427
- Rank
- #5305
Quote collection
Henry Ford quotes (page 17 of 22)
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"The greatest day of my life was the day I married Mrs. Ford."
"There is a subtle danger in a man thinking that he is "fixed" for life. It indicates that the next jolt of the wheel of progress is going to fling him off."
"The question who ought to be boss is like who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who can sing tunor."
"If there is one thing which I would banish from the earth it is fear."
"Our clothing, our food, our household furnishings - all could be much simpler than they now are and at the same time be better looking"
"Change is not always progress... A fever of newness has everywhere been confused with the spirit of progress."
"The thing to do with money is to put it back into yourself, into your work, into the thing that is important, into whatever you are so much interested in that it is more important than money."
"You take all the experience and judgment of men over 50 out of the world and there wouldn't be enough left to run it."
"Where people work longest and with least leisure, they buy the fewest goods. No towns were so poor as those of England where the people, from children up, worked fifteen and sixteen hours a day. They were poor because these overworked people soon wore out -- they became less and less valuable as workers. Therefore, they earned less and less and could buy less and less."
"All life is experience, and one level is exchanged for another only when its lesson is learned."
"Don't find the fault, find the remedy"
"Any colour - so long as it's black."
"People can have the Model T in any color – so long as it’s black."
"Life is work, and everything you do is so much more experience. Sometimes you work for wages, sometimes not, but what does anybody make but a living? And whatever you have you must either use or lose."
"Wars do not end wars any more than an extraordinarily large conflagration does away with the fire hazard."
"Every man is better for a period of work under the open sky."
"Hard knocks have a place and value, but hard thinking goes farther in less time."
"There is only a "marginal difference" separating those who are truly successful and those who merely do well.Whether you believe you can do something or not, you are right!"
"Man minus the Machine is a slave; Man plus the Machine is a freeman."