Henry Ford

Whatever your goal in life, the beginning is knowledge and experience- or, briefly work.

The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.

What I greatly hope for these children everywhere, is a new attitude toward life–free from the gullibility which thinks we can get something for nothing; free from the greed which thinks any permanent good can come of overreaching others; and, above all, expectant of change, so that when life gives them a jolt they will be fully prepared to push on eagerly along new lines.

If the people really set their minds on anything it is impossible to prevent their getting what they want.

Three most deleterious things of modern life in their present order of importance are: tobacco, alcohol and intemperate eating. Both alcohol and tobacco are taboo in plants.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.

There are lies, damned lies and statistics.

It doesn’t matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop.

A man can seldom – very, very, seldom – fight a winning fight against his training; the odds are too heavy.

It is true that I am often startled and even angered and repulsed by the strange directions and provocative content of new forms that seem to pop up every few months.

I have been at it ten years. I collect them so that they will not be lost to America. We have no Egyptian mummies here, nor any relics of the Battle of Waterloo nor any curios from Pompeii. It is strictly American.

From the day I arrived, California seemed like an enchanted land.

No matter how carefully and assiduously and how deeply you bury shit, the American public will find it and buy it in large quantity, It’s true, absolutely true.

Wagon Train was on. It seemed to be beaming in from some foreign country. I shut that off, too, and went into another room, a windowless one with a painted door – a dark cavern with a floor-to-ceiling library. I switched on the lamps. The place had an overpowering presence of literature and you couldn’t help but lose your passion for dumbness.

Some things have to be believed to be seen.

Possessions are always secondary, loved ones are all that matters.

I think I am basically a happy person.

I am one of the people who love the why of things.

Being both soft and strong is a combination very few have mastered.

When you doubt the brilliance of your shine, I will take you through my darkness. I will show you where you shine the brightest.