Quotes from Henry Ford

There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.

There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accom plished something.

An educated man is not one whose memory is trained to carry a few dates in history - he is one who can accomplish things.

History is more or less bunk.

History's just one darn thing after another.

To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.

I did not say history was bunk. It was bunk to me . . I did not need it very bad.

Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black.

A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.

Anybody can do anything that he imagines.

The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.

An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.

It's your thinking that decides whether you're going to succeed or fail.

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.

Profit is a by-product of work; happiness is its chief product.

Success is a matter of adjusting one's efforts to obstacles and one's abilities to a service needed by others.

I could use a hundred people who don't know there is such a word as impossible.

Any colour - so long as it's black.

Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don't need it: if you are sick you should not take it.