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
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#5305

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"A poor man is not the one without a cent. A poor man is the one without a dream."

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"One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do."

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"You can take my factories, burn up my buildings, but give me my people and I'll build the business right back again."

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"Two percent of the people think; three percent think they think, and 95 percent would rather die than think."

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"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."

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"Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas."

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"It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning."

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"Why use up the forests which were centuries in the making and the mines which required ages to lay down, if we can get the equivalent of forest and mineral products in the annual growth of the hemp fields?"

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"Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work."

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"Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all."

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"The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time."

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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian."

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