Henry Ford

There can be no bosses in our country except the people. The job of the government is to serve, not to dominate.

Be ready to revise any system, scrap any method, abandon any theory, if the success of the job requires it.

A big business never becomes big by being a narrow society looking after only the interests of its organization and stockholders.

There is nothing ever wrong with ability, ambition, achievement; but they can easily be wronged by being used to bad ends.

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.

If we had more justice there would be less need of charity.

Now ask yourself if you’re really going to spend the rest of your life on one of those ridiculous diets. The honest answer is, no, you won’t. So, that means you might lose weight while you’re on it, but you’ll probably gain it back when you’re off it because you haven’t made any real lifestyle changes.

Reality check: you can never, ever, use weight loss to solve problems that are not related to your weight. At your goal weight or not, you still have to live with yourself and deal with your problems. You will still have the same husband, the same job, the same kids, and the same life. Losing weight is not a cure for life.

Experts indicate that you should aim for consistent weight loss of about one to two pounds per week, so you should remain realistic—you aren’t going to lose 40 pounds per week (no matter what any diet product claims).

Now, my body fat runs around 18 percent, which is normal and, you know, kind of in the middle of normal, actually.

Food is a coping mechanism; people are afraid of giving it up because then they’ll feel confused and lost.

First, you’re going to have to stop using food for anything other than nutrition. You cannot continue to use food to celebrate, or as a companion, or for entertainment, or comfort. You cannot medicate yourself, your mood, or pain with food.

I’ve talked to so many people, men and women alike, that get overweight and their self-esteem just goes in the tank. They think they’re judged. They think they’re unattractive.

What I want people to do is what’s healthy for them.

A year from now, you’re gonna weigh more or less than what you do right now.

Get up each morning, look at yourself in the mirror, and see yourself not as someone who is overweight or out of shape, but as the someone you will become.

I don’t care how pumped up or psyched you are to start a new diet or a new program – that emotion will fade.

Successful weight loss takes programming, not willpower.

You’re FAT – and don’t try to sugarcoat it, because you’ll just eat that, too.

Obesity has overtaken cancer as the No. 1 cause of avoidable, preventable death in American society. It’s an epidemic-level problem.