Henry Ford

The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.

We are entering an era when we shall create resources which shall be so constantly renewed that the only loss will be not to use them. There will be such a plenteous supply of heat, light and power, that it will be a sin not to use all we want. This era is coming now. And it is coming by way of Water.

Music and song are, in my opinion, so fine and necessary a part of life that without them we cannot be said really to live at all.

The basis of peace should be a world federation.

I do not believe a man can ever leave his business. He ought to think of it by day and dream of it by night.

No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land. With one foot in the land, human society is firmly balanced against most economic uncertainties. With a job to supply him with cash, and a plot of land to guarantee him support, the individual is doubly secure. Stocks may fail, but seedtime and harvest do not fail.

Coaching your wife is like trying to baptize a cat.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars.

I can normally tell how intelligent a man is by how stupid he thinks I am.

Willpower is a myth. The problem with trying to use willpower to achieve and sustain a behavioral change is that it is fueled by emotion. And as we all know, our emotions are, at best, fickle. They come and go. When your emotions start running down — and they will — even your best-laid plans will fall flat.

The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.

It is the mind that makes good or ill. That which makes us happy or sad; rich or poor.

It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.

I don’t necessarily agree with everything I say.

Better contraceptives will control population only if people will use them. A nuclear holocaust can be prevented only if the conditions under which nations make war can be changed. The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. We need to make vast changes in human behavior.

In life you have three options with any situation that is a challenge. Remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it.

In ceremonies of the horsemen, even the pawn must hold a grudge.

Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks.

Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich.

Accept the past for what it was. Acknowledge the present for what it is. Anticipate the future for what it can become.

Without doubt, Thomas Edison is my greatest contemporary.