Henry Ford on Wealth Quotes

"Money is like an arm or a leg - use it or lose it."

"There is no man living who isn't capable of doing more than he thinks he can do."

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."

"The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life."

"If money is your hope for independence you will never have it."

"Money is like a fertilizer. It's no good unless you spread it around and help things grow."

"Money is only a tool. It will take you wherever you wish, but it will not replace you as the driver."

"The producer must always be a servant of the consumer."

"The short-sighted person is always looking for a 'killing' in business. The long-sighted person is looking for a service."

"Economic fallacies come from the idea that wealth is a fixed quantity. Wealth is as infinite as the human mind."

"A man who cannot manage his own money will never be able to manage the money of others."

"Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken, it must do a certain amount of scratching for what it gets."

"Industry is the soul of business and the keystone of prosperity."

"Capital is just another name for the accumulated labor of the past."

"It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages."

"The value of a dollar is what it will buy in terms of human effort."

"The foundation of wealth is the ability to produce."

"The habit of saving is itself an education; it fosters every virtue, teaches self-denial, cultivates the sense of order, trains to forethought, and so broadens the mind."

"The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability."

"Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service."

"Being greedy for money is the surest way not to get it, but when one serves for the sake of service—for the satisfaction of doing that which one believes to be right—then money inevitably flows in."

"The way to make money is not to try to make it. The way to make money is to find a way to serve people."

"Profit is the result of the service we render. It is not the purpose of our service."

"Waste is the enemy of wealth. To waste a minute is to waste a part of your life."

"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business."

"Success is not a destination, but a process of constant improvement and service."

"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."

"Gold is the most useless thing in the world. I am not interested in gold. I am interested in service."

"An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous."

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune."

"High wages are the best way to ensure a market for our products."

"The natural thing to do is to work—to recognize that prosperity and happiness can be obtained only through honest effort."

"Speculation in things already produced - that is not business. It is just more or less respectable gambling."