It’s a good thing god doesn’t let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.
No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity, if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?
So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don’t sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
The right decision is the wrong decision if it’s made too late.
Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.
Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can’t be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.
I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.
If you set a good example you need not worry about setting rules.
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.