Henry Ford

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.

Four women have helped me: mother, sister, mother-in-law and wife.

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

If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.

I haven’t put a pencil to a piece of paper, working out a problem, in years; I do it in my head.

One of the greatest discoveries a person makes, one of their great surprises, is to find they can do what they were afraid they couldn’t do.

A nation that knows how to work will never suffer.

I actually do think you’re seeing this trend towards organizations just caring more about their brand and engaging. And so I think Home Depot will want to humanize itself. I think that’s a lot of why companies are starting blogs, are just giving more insight into what’s going on with them.

I don’t know the rules of grammar. If you’re trying to persuade people to do something, or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language, the language they use every day, the language in which they think. We try to write in the vernacular.

We do not hire a man’s history, we hire the man.

After the situation with Kursk submarine, I started looking at Mr. Berezovsky in a completely different way. For me, it was a turning point in our relationship. I think that he took a completely dishonorable position.

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

In Moscow I feel most comfortable. I’m used to four different seasons; it’s difficult for people in London to understand. People brought up in Russia like my kids want to play in the snow.

I think a simple rule of business is, if you do the things that are easier first, then you can actually make a lot of progress.

I suspect that many corporations have begun to understand that they have an important role to play in the lives of their communities, and that allocating funds to support local groups helps them discharge that function and also burnish their image.

I’ve been making deals all my life.

The epiphany for me at William Morris was realizing, ‘They bullshit on the phone! I can bullshit on the phone too!’

If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don’t let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else’s advertising.

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

Good copy can’t be written with tongue in cheek, written just for a living. You’ve got to believe in the product.

A store’s best advertisement is the service its goods render, for upon such service rest the future, the good-will, of an organization.