(Wayne County (Michigan), 30 July 1863 – Dearborn (Michigan), 7 April 1947).
American industrialist. His mother was of Belgian descent.
Ford started his car factory in 1903. He produced his first car as early as 1896.
Henry Ford had a special talent for technology. Although his father thought he would be better off becoming a farmer, Henry chose technology. After the death of his mother Mary Ford in 1876, Henry saw something that would change his life. He saw a carriage moving without horses. It was powered by a steam engine. Two years later, in 1878, he left his parents’ house and took a job as a 15-year-old boy. He worked as an apprentice in a smithy in Detroit where steam engines were repaired. He couldn’t make ends meet on his wage of $2.50 a week, so he took on another job. His second job was repairing watches at a jeweller’s, which earned him an extra 50 cents a week. Fifty years later, as a car manufacturer, he had earned $658 million in net profit.
Henry Ford (1919) Foto: wikipedia.org
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
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Money doesn’t change men. It merely unmasks them. If a man is naturally selfish, or arrogant, or greedy, the money brings it out; that’s all.
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Whether you think you can, or you think you can’t – you’re right.
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
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You can do anything if you have enthusiasm.
Photo Photographs Division, Library of Congress. Meaning 📌 ✅ 💡:“Enthusiasm” is portrayed as the “engine” behind: perseverance, creativity / solution-orientedness, persuasiveness (getting others on board), energy to keep trying after a setback. The message is not literally “anything is possible”, but rather: “with strong motivation and a positive drive, you increase your chances enormously.”🔍 Origin & variants: 🧭 1) Probably a paraphrase from English 🇬🇧➡️🇳🇱: Online and in quote collections, the English variant often appears as: “You can do anything if you have enthusiasm.” 2) Related to a better-known (longer) Henry Ford quote.🧩 Henry Ford is also regularly attributed with a longer statement about enthusiasm, along the lines of: “Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine…” (enthusiasm as “yeast” that makes everything rise). The short sentence “You can do anything if you have enthusiasm” seems to be a “shortened summary” of such Ford-like motivational statements. 👤 Author: Henry Ford? 🤔🔸 Attribution: “often attributed to Henry Ford”. Many quote sites and posters link it to Henry Ford. 🔸 However: a primary source is often not conclusively verifiable 📚. For this specific short quote, it is often difficult to provide an “exact source” in: a book by Ford, a dated speech, or a reliable contemporary publication. Conclusion (carefully worded): It’s probably a “later popularized” attribution to Ford or a “paraphrase” of his ideas about enthusiasm. 100% certain (with one clear, primary source citation) that attribution of authorship to Ford is “often not.”
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
Image: Peter van Geest AI. Meaning: True friendship is not just about having fun, but about mutual growth. According to him, a best friend is someone who: Helps you reach your potential. Challenges you to become better. Brings out your qualities. Supports you in your development. Origin: The saying is attributed to Henry Ford, but there is no exact source (book, interview, speech) from Ford himself in which he wrote these exact words.
Door Pieter
Mensenmens, zoon, echtgenoot, vader, opa.
Spiritueel, echter niet religieus.
Ik hou van golf, wandelen, lezen en de natuur in veel opzichten.
Onderzoeker, nieuwsgierig, geen fan van de mainstream media (MSM).
