If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
Genius is seldom recognized for what it is: a great capacity for hard work.
Mr Edison gave America just what was needed at that moment in history. They say that when people think of me, they think of my assembly line. Mr. Edison, you built an assembly line which brought together the genius of invention, science and industry.
Every time you try to quit smoking you are actually getting closer to staying smoke free.
Any colour – so long as it’s black.
Machines were devised not to do a man out of a job, but to take the heavy labor from man’s back and place it on the broad back of the machine.
The secret of success is to understand the viewpoint of others.
Any decision you make isn’t worth a tinkers damn until you have formed the habit of making and keeping it.
No unemployment insurance can be compared to an alliance between a man and a plot of land.
I invented nothing new. I simply combined the inventions of others into a car. Had I worked fifty or ten or even five years before, I would have failed.
A customer votes everyday with his dollar. Our job is make sure he votes for us.
The cure for materialism is to have enough for everybody and to share. When people are sure of having what they need they cease to think about it.
The greatest day of my life was the day I married Mrs. Ford.
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.
Education is preeminently a matter of quality, not amount.
Records can be destroyed if they do not suit the prejudices of ruling cliques, lost if they become incomprehensible, distorted if a copyist wishes to impose a new meaning upon them, misunderstood if we lack the information to interpret them. The past is like a huge library, mostly fiction.
Wealth is nothing more or less than a tool to do things with. It is like the fuel that runs the furnace or the belt that runs the wheel – only a means to an end.
These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.
Why should I clutter my mind with general information when I have men around me who can supply any knowledge I need?
If there is unemployment in America, it is because the unemployed do not want to work.