American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company, and sponsor of the development of the assembly line technique of mass production.
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Efficiency is intelligent laziness; find the better way, not just the hard way.
Progress is always possible. The only question is, are you willing to pay the price?
A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.
The greatest failure is failing to try at all.
Progress is not a straight line; it's a winding road through mistakes and lessons learned.
The greatest failure is not in falling short, but in ceasing to strive.
Progress is not about speed, but about direction. Ensure you're moving towards something worthwhile.
The test of success is not what you do when you are on top, but how high you bounce when you hit bottom.
Don't find customers for your products, find products for your customers.
The greatest accomplishment is to inspire others to accomplish great things.
Whether you think you can, or you think you can't – you're right.
Progress happens when we refuse to be content with yesterday's solutions.
Thinking always ahead, thinking always of trying to do more, brings a state of mind in which nothing seems impossible.
The greatest thing we can produce is character. Develop your character and your ability to serve.
To think is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.
The greatest investment is not in machines, but in the people who operate them.
Innovation is not invention, it is applied invention.
Thinking always, working rarely, rarely brings success.
The future isn't a gift; it's earned by those who build today.
If you need to ask for permission, you're probably not innovating.
Innovation comes from questioning everything, even your own assumptions.
The greatest accomplishment is not to never fail, but to rise again after you do.
Progress is not always immediate; it's the accumulation of effort over time.
The problem is not usually the problem, it is how we approach the problem.
The true cost is never just the price tag; it's the long-term impact of compromise.
There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.
If you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always got. Dare to innovate.
Capital isn't so important in business. Experience isn't so important. You can get both these things. What is vital is ideas.
The ability to learn is the greatest advantage in a rapidly changing world.
Don't wait for the perfect moment, take the moment and make it perfect.
Standardization isn't about stifling creativity, it's about freeing it to focus on what truly matters.
The future belongs to those who can blend innovation with practicality.
The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
The customer's need is the compass that guides innovation, not the other way around.