Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
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Henry Ford
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About Henry Ford
Henry Ford was an American industrialist and business magnate. As the founder of the Ford Motor Company, he is credited as a pioneer in making automobiles affordable for middle-class Americans through the system that came to be known as Fordism. In 1911, he was awarded a patent for the transmission mechanism that would be used in the Ford Model T and other automobiles.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Henry FordI believe God is managing affairs and that He doesn't need any advice from me. With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end. So what is there to worry about.
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
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 everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Coming together is a beginning keeping together is progress working together is success.
You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.
Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.