Henry Ford

I don’t expect to retire. Every man must work, that’s his natural destiny.

There should be rivalry between men and between business.

The Bible does not need advertising by me, but I wish more people could be persuaded to read it. Perhaps if they had been, we should not have this war on our hands. For greed and idleness brought it on.

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

The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.

I came in early every day for six months till I intercepted the letter from UCLA saying they’d never heard of me. I replaced it with a letter that said I’d graduated.

When girls are educated, their countries become stronger and more prosperous.

Arithmetic is being able to count up to twenty without taking off your shoes.

Continuous learning is the minimum requirement for success in any field!

All students can learn and succeed, but not on the same day in the same way.

Education is the key to opportunity in our society, and the equality of educational opportunity must be the birthright of every citizen.

An educated person, I think, is one who not only knows a lot, but knows how to do a lot of things.

That’s the way to study history-by noting evolutionary processes.

Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free wise.

I was a great student. I was good at everything.

Many of my students don’t know that I’m second lady of the United States… because, you know, it’s a community college.

To educate the peasantry, three things are needed: schools, schools and schools.

In mathematics you don’t understand things. You just get used to them.

In terms of doing work and in terms of learning and evolving as a person, you just grow more when you get more people’s perspectives… I really try and live the mission of the company and… keep everything else in my life extremely simple.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.