WORDS FROM A GREAT MIND

Henry Ford

Industrialist & automobile pioneer

Portrait of Henry Ford
Born
30 July 1863
Died
7 April 1947
Lived in
Michigan, United States

Henry Ford grew up on a Michigan farm and became an engineer, industrialist, and founder of the Ford Motor Company. By combining the moving assembly line with a car designed for a mass market, he helped transform manufacturing and everyday travel.

A LESSER-KNOWN DETAIL

In 1914, Ford announced a five-dollar working day for many factory employees — roughly twice the prevailing daily wage — and thousands of applicants crowded outside the plant.

Words by Henry Ford

“Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t — you’re right.”
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“You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
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“Failure is simply an opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
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“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
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“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
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“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.”
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“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.”
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“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.”
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“The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.”
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“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”
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“If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always got.”
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“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.”
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“The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one’s destiny to do, and then do it.”
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