Henry Ford

If a young man wants to fit himself for the Politics of tomorrow, let him fit himself into essential industry for the purpose of learning how best to conduct it for the whole public good.

If I had asked them what they had wanted, they would have said a faster horse.

No one can be helped unless he can be put in the way of helping himself.

The industrial value of leisure as a promoter of the consumption of goods, and thus as a stimulant to business have been proved.

It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.

We live in an era of tremendous facts. And the facts are facts. They are also unpleasant facts, which does not decrease their factual percentage one bit. Our job is to understand them, to recognize their presence, to learn if we can what they signify and not to fall into the error of minimizing facts because they have a bitter flavor.

The worst things in history have happened when people stop thinking for themselves and listen to other people and, even worse, start following other people. That’s what gives rise to dictators.

To me, you’ll always be the rising suns, the sinking moons, and all the stars that come between the sound of rain and river stones, the warmth of my sheets, the ache in my bones.

I never wanted this kind of life that I’m still living.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.

The men of always aren’t interested in the children of never.

You can’t change what you don’t acknowledge.

I don’t like to read books. They muss up my mind.

This ain’t my first rodeo son!

Some people prefer the passenger role, because it imposes no real pressure to decide or stand accountable for their life results.

This above all: to thine own self be true.

When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.

Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped.

Beware of monotony; it’s the mother of all the deadly sins.

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.

Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.