Entreprenuerial Words of Wisdom: Henry Ford (Part III)

Henry Ford was an American industrialist and entrepreneur, best known for his Ford Motor Co.  Here are some of his quotes:

• There are no big problems, there are just a lot of little problems
• Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement
• Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain
• The air is full of ideas. They are knocking you in the head all the time. You only have to know what you want, then forget it, and go about your business. Suddenly, the idea will come through. It was there all the time
• An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous
• Competition is the keen cutting edge of business, always shaving away at costs
• Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement
• I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done
• It is well enough that people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I believe there would be a revolution before tomorrow morning
• My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
• When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it
• It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages
• Whether you think that you can, or that you can't, you are usually right
• 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
• One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
• The competitor to be feared is one who never bothers about you at all, but goes on making his own business better all the time