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Thinking Quotes by Henry Ford

48 Thinking quotes by Henry Ford

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A man who cannot think isn’t truly educated, even with many degrees. He stresses that understanding money’s nature is essential, and that a leader’s success is measured by finding hidden talent in others. He also points out that believing you can or cannot do something often determines the outcome.

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If you don't think of the future, you won't have one.

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Whether you think you can or think you can't - you are right.

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Whether you think you will succeed or not, you are right.

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Nobody can think straight who does not work. Idleness warps the mind.

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Thinking is the hardest work we do.

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Thinking first of money instead of work brings fear.

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Thinking without constructive action becomes a disease.

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Whether you think you can or you think you can't, you're right

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Hard knocks have a place and value, but hard thinking goes farther in less time.

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It is regrettable that people think about our monetary system, and of our economic structure, only in times of depression.

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Most people think of success in terms of getting; success, however, begins in terms of giving.

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It's your thinking that decides whether you're going to succeed or fail.

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The best way to make money in business is not to think too much about making it.

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If you think of standardization as the best that you know today, but which is to be improved tomorrow; you get somewhere.

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Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you still have to file your 990 each year.

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A man who cannot think is not an educated man however many college degrees he may have acquired.

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The true measure of a successful leader is their ability to discover the hidden talent in those they lead and challenge them…

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The cure for materialism is to have enough for everybody and to share. When people are sure of having what they need…

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I adopted the theory of reincarnation when I was 26. Genius is experience. Some think to seem that it is a gift…

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The people must be helped to think naturally about money. They must be told what it is, and what makes it money,…

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Mr Edison gave America just what was needed at that moment in history. They say that when people think of me, they…

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Ideas are of themselves extraordinarily valuable, but an idea is just an idea. Almost anyone can think up an idea. The thing…

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When you get a whole country - as did ours - thinking that Washington is a sort of heaven and behind its…

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New York is a different country. Maybe it ought to have a separate government. Everybody thinks differently, they just don't know what…

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There are two fools in this world. One is the millionaire who thinks that by hoarding money he can somehow accumulate real…

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When one speaks of increasing power, machinery, and industry there comes up a picture of a cold, metallic sort of world in…

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I think that much of the advice given to young men about saving money is wrong. I never saved a cent until…

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None of our men are 'experts.' We have most unfortunately found it necessary to get rid of a man as soon as…

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Many persons think that by hoarding money they are gaining safety for themselves. If money is your only hope for independence, you…

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Thinking is hard work, which is why so few people do it.

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Whether we think we can or cannot, we are right.

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The more you think, the more time you have.

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Thinking is hard work. That's why there are so few people doing it.

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One of the most difficult things to do in life is thinking; that's why so few people engage in it.

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The man who thinks he can and the man who thinks he can't are both right. Which one are you?

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The object of education is not to fill a man's mind with facts; it is to teach him how to use his…

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Most people think that faith means believing something; oftener it means trying something, giving it a chance to prove itself

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The hardest thing in the world to do is to think, and that is why people do so little of it.

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Progress is not made by pulling off a series of stunts. Each step has to be regulated. A man cannot expect to…

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Some people think they can; some think they can't. They are probably both right.

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Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait.…

These men of many nations must be taught American ways, the English language, and the right way to live.

People are as happy as they choose to be.

Those who stop marketing to save money are like those who stop a clock to save time.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

A man's college and university degrees mean nothing to me until I see what he is able to do with them.

Don't find the fault, find the remedy

A customer votes everyday with his dollar. Our job is make sure he votes for us.

Our clothing, our food, our household furnishings - all could be much simpler than they now are and at the same time be better…

The time is coming when man will be able to determine the length of his lifespan by controlling his diet.

You can't build a reputation on what you're going to do. It's simple, fantasize, rehearse, then go out into the world and DO IT!

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

Without doubt, Thomas Edison is my greatest contemporary.

As long as we look to legislation to cure poverty or to abolish special privilege we are going to see poverty and special privilege…

The time will come when man will know even what is going on in the other planets and perhaps be able to visit them.