Quotes from Henry Ford

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.

I don't know much about history, and I wouldn't give a nickel for all the history in the world. History is more or less bunk. It is a tradition. We want to live in the present, and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.

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.

It is not the employer who pays the wages. He only handles the money. It is the product that pays the wages.

I 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.

Happiness isn't a destination, it's a mode of travel. Don't worry be happy.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.

There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real power, and the other is the penniless reformer who thinks that if only he can take the money from one class and give it to another, all the world's ills will be cured.

Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain