658 Quotes by Henry Ford

I invented nothing new. I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom were centuries of work. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed. So it is with every new thing. Progress happens when all the factors that make for it are ready, and then it is inevitable. To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.

There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems.

The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.

All that the Ford industries have done—all that I have done—is to endeavour to evidence by works that service comes before profit and that the sort of business which makes the world better for its presence is a noble profession.

Money doesn't change men, it merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish or arrogant or greedy, the money brings that out, that's all.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Suppression of progress plays into the hands of the social enemy. Every advance in social justice establishes the nation.

New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what the hell the rest of the United States is.

Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.