658 Quotes by Henry Ford

Don't expect people to respect you for what you are "planning" to do.

None of our men are 'experts.' We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as he thinks himself an expert because no one ever considers himself expert if he really knows his job . . . Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing is impossible.

If there is one thing I would banish from earth, it is fear. And the only way to do that is to see that there is nothing to fear - nothing in all of life to be afraid of.

The more detailed the plan, the easier the trip.

History is more or less bunk.

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

Some people think they can; some think they can't. They are probably both right.

Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.

One needs to be successful in the conventional way to learn just how far away from success it may be.