Think how one man’s idea improved the lives of many!
“We are accustomed to say, out of long observation and experience, that it if not prosperity that makes the automobile, so much as it is the automobile that makes prosperity. It gives a momentum and diversity to the people’s activity which tends constantly to increase and is most difficult to stop.” said Henry Ford.
He had an idea and kept at it until everyone could ‘afFord’ an automobile and ride in a new horseless carriage, which was thought foolish and impossible at the time!
Here are more of Mr. Ford’s quotes from the Edison & Ford Quote Book published by the Edison & Ford Winter Estates in Ft Myers, Florida. (See previous post for quotes from Thomas Edison)
- “The greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken away from us.”
- “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
- “A market is never saturated with a good product, but it is very quickly saturated with a bad one.”
- “If there is any one secret of success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.”
- “Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service.”
- “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.”
- “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his surprise, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”
- “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.”
- “Don’t find fault, find a remedy.”
- “You can do anything if you have enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes rise to the stars.”
And so I wish you readers a good, profitable and enjoyable day today!
Mrs. Goodfinder 