Henry Ford Famous Quotations

Henry Ford (1863 - 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry. He was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 U.S. patents. These famous quotes dealing with goals, achievement, and success have been attributed to him.

A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.
I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.
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.
If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.
If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
There is no man living that cannot do more than he thinks he can.
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.