헨리 포드
품질의 뜻은 아무도 보지 않을때 올바르게 하는 것이다
조그만 작업으로 나눈다면 딱히 그리 힘든 일은 없다.
역사는 대체로 허풍이다
어떤 색이던지 검정색이라면
아직 시작도 하지 않은 일로 명성을 얻을 수는 없는 법
실수 조차도 훌륭한 업적의 필수요소가 될 수 있다.
삶이 진보할수록 우리는 우리 능력의 한계를 깨닫게 된다
사업가에게 중요한 한 가지 규칙은 가능한 한 최고 품질의 제품을, 가능한 한 많은 임금을 지불하여, 가능한 한 적은 비용으로 생산하는 것이다.
돈은 팔이나 다리같다. 쓰거나 잃거나
당신이 할수 있다고 생각하든 없다고 생각하든 당신의 생각은 보통 맞다
너 자신이 쓸 땔감을 스스로 마련해라, 그러면 두번 따뜻해질 것이다.
그 어느것 보다도 준비하는것이 성공의 비밀이다
결점을 찾지 말고 해결책을 찾아라
You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don’t seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.
You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.
Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewe
Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right.
When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.
We don’t want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker’s dam is the history we make today.
Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.
Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.
There is joy in work. There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something.
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, a
The question “Who ought to be boss?” is like as “Who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?” Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time.
Speculation is only a word covering the making of money out of the manipulation of prices, instead of supplying goods and services.
One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
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.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onwa
It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning.
It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste.
If you think you can do a thing or think you can’t do a thing, you’re right.
If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
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.
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.
I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can’t be done.
Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
Exercise is bunk. If you are healthy, you don’t need it: if you are sick you should not take it.
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.
Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs.
Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
Capital punishment is as fundamentally wrong as a cure for crime as charity is wrong as a cure for poverty.
Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.
Asking “who ought to be the boss” is like asking “who ought to be the tenor in the quartet?” Obviously, the man who can sing tenor.
Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.
A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.