Henry Ford

As we advance in life we learn the limits of our abilities.

I attribute whatever I may have been able to accomplish in life far more to my wife than to anything else and to everything else put together. But I cannot flatter myself that I found her because I was a ‘good picker’, I believe profoundly that we are guided, led, in such momentous matters.

Should a man quit at 40 he is failure-Retire at that age is sorry failure.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

Little difficulties are made to swell until they fill our horizon while the real big blessings of life are dwindled down to nothing.

I do not believe that material accumulation is the whole of success, and on the other hand I do not believe that true success ever excludes a sufficient possession of wealth-but wealth as a means, not as an end.

My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.

In the business world, the rearview mirror is always clearer than the windshield.

To be most effective in sales today, it’s imperative to drop your ‘sales’ mentality and start working with your prospects as if they’ve already hired you.

Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other person will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don’t know which half.

Mark my word: A combination airplane and motor car is coming.

No matter what his position or experience in life, there is in everyone more latent than developed ability; far more unused than used power.

If you change anything about the way you approach selling, the thing that would make the biggest difference would be your attitude, your attitude toward your customer, your service, the benefits of your products, your employer, and yourself.

Set exorbitant standards, and give your people hell when they don’t live up to them. There is nothing so demoralizing as a boss who tolerates second rate work.

Cutting wages is not the way to recovery. Raise wages and improve the product.

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you’re still a rat.

If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.

Your business, and your brand must first let people know what you care about and that you care about them.

My definition of an executive’s job is brief and to the point. It is simply this: Getting things done through other people.

A manufacturer is not through with his customer when a sale is completed. He has then only started with his customer. In the case of an automobile the sale of the machine is only something in the nature of an introduction. If the machine does not give service, then it is better for the manufacturer if he never had the introduction, for he will have the worst of all advertisements-a dissatisfied customer.