Henry Ford

We have had just one main purpose during these years, and that is to give the people transportation of the most dependable quality at the lowest possible cost. Our car was called the Universal Car thirty years ago, because it fulfilled so many needs; it is The Universal Car today for the same reason.

Hard knocks have a place and value, but hard thinking goes farther in less time.

America is not a land of money but of wealth-not a land of rich people, but of successful workers.

As far as competition is concerned, that must continue. But we must learn what competition really is. 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.

A nation that knows how to work will never suffer.

Chop your own wood and it will warm you twice.

Worry is the most wasteful thing in the world.

I tell you, if you’re in the front row of the parade and you stop walking, pretty soon you’re back in the tuba section. And if you want to lead the parade you’ve got to keep moving.

Do you realize that you can’t play the game of life with sweaty palms?

I’m slipping. I’m made of departed dreams and a stubborn fog that feels nothing like a veil.

And of all the things I look forward to in life, falling in love with you is at the top of the list.

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.

To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did; I ought to know because I’ve done it a thousand times.

We’re cool for the summer.

Everybody should have the opportunity to do and be everything they can be.

With all the wealth of the world at hand, there are human beings who hunger, whole nations who suffer cold. The judgment for this condition, for misusing Nature’s gifts, is the judgment upon man’s failure, man’s unsteadiness. Leadership is the thing.

The way out is through the door. Why is it that no one will use this method?

Fate is being kind to me. Fate doesn’t want me to be too famous too young.

I make it a rule never to smoke while I’m sleeping.

The personal life deeply lived always expands into truths beyond itself.

Life is like improvised jazz. We cannot regulate all the variables. We must play it with panache and flair as best we can.