Quote

We want to get full value out of labour so that we may be able to pay it full value. It is use - not conservation - that interests us.

Henry Ford

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Henry Ford
Age: 83 †
Born: 1863
Born: July 30
Died: 1947
Died: April 7
Business Magnate
Engineer
Entrepreneur
Industrialist
Inventor
Journalist
Peace Activist
Politician
Racing Automobile Driver
Writer
Dearborn
Michigan
Use
Conservation
May
Labour
Able
Interests
Value
Pay
Full
Interest
Values

More quotes by Henry Ford

Image
Understand the difference between being at work and working.
Henry Ford
Image
Nothing can be made except by makers, nothing can be managed except by managers. Money cannot make anything and money cannot manage anything.
Henry Ford
Image
Any man can learn anything he will, but no man can teach except to those who want to learn.
Henry Ford
Image
No one will ever get anywhere in this world unless he becomes a teacher, one who can show others how to do things.
Henry Ford
Image
Every man is better for a period of work under the open sky.
Henry Ford
Image
To teach that a comparatively few men are responsible for the greatest forward steps of mankind is the worst sort of nonsense.
Henry Ford
Image
Don't find fault, find a remedy.
Henry Ford
Image
Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid.
Henry Ford
Image
When the leaves of the strongest tree fall, spring is here.
Henry Ford
Image
Too many men are afraid of being fools.
Henry Ford
Image
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 fewer assumptions.
Henry Ford
Image
As a young man, I was very interested in how people lived in earlier times how they got from place to place, lighted their homes, cooked their meals and so on. So I went to the history books. Well, I could find out all about kings and presidents but I could learn nothing of their everyday lives. So I decided that history is bunk.
Henry Ford
Image
The farther you look back, the farther you can look ahead.
Henry Ford
Image
It is the customer that pays the wages
Henry Ford
Image
Since we do not take a man on his past history, we do not refuse him because of his past history. I never met a man who was thoroughly bad. There is always some good in him if he gets a chance.
Henry Ford
Image
There should be no unemployment. There is large percentage of labor now which cannot make a living because wages are not high enough. That is industry's 2nd job. 1st job is to make good product. 2nd pay a good wage.
Henry Ford
Image
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.
Henry Ford
Image
Greatest thing we can produce is character. Everything else can be taken from us, but not our character.
Henry Ford
Image
I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.
Henry Ford
Image
When you once get an idea in which you believe with all your heart, work it out.
Henry Ford