Quotes from Henry Ford

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.

To be good is not enough; a man must be good for something

The man who is too set to change is dead already. The funeral is a mere detail.

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land.

We try to pay a man what he is worth and we are not inclined to keep a man who is not worth more than the minimum wage.

A man given to pride is usually proud of the wrong thing.

Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.

For most purposes, a man with a machine is better than a man without a machine.

No two men are just alike. Every new life is a new thing under the sun; there has never been anything like it before, and never will be again.

It is a striving to attain the best. To throttle it would mean to stop all progress. Certain men do not need to compete. They are pioneers.

Labor unions are the worst thing that ever struck the earth because they take away a man's independence.

A business which exists to make one man or one family rich, and whose existence is of no moment when this is achieved, is not solidly founded.

Every man starts with all there is. Everything is here-the essence and substance of all there is.

These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.

Old men are always advising young men to save money. That is bad advice. Don't save every nickel. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar until I was forty years old.

Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it

Money is worth what it will help you to produce or buy and no more.

Wealth is nothing more or less than a tool to do things with. It is like the fuel that runs the furnace or the belt that runs the wheel - only a means to an end.

The cure for materialism is to have enough for everybody and to share. When people are sure of having what they need they cease to think about it.

The public should always be wondering how it is possible to give so much for the money.