QUOTES BY HENRY FORD

Henry Ford with a Model T in 1921.

About one million Model T's were produced that year.

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.

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.

Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.

Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars. Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.

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

You will find men who want to be carried on the shoulders of others, who think that the world owes them a living. They don't seem to see that we must all lift together and pull together.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and griefs which we endure help us in our marching onward.

I cannot discover that anyone knows enough to say definitely what is and what is not possible.

Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.

If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.

The best we can do is size up the chances, calculate the risks involved, estimate our ability to deal with them, and then make our plans with confidence.

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving.

When I can't handle events, I let them handle themselves.

Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement. 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.

Henry Ford, born July 30, 1863, was the first of William and Mary Ford's six children. He grew up on a prosperous family farm in what is today Dearborn, Michigan. Henry enjoyed a childhood typical of the rural nineteenth century, spending days in a one-room school and doing farm chores. At an early age, he showed an interest in mechanical things and a dislike for farm work.

In 1879, sixteen-year-old Ford left home for the nearby city of Detroit to work as an apprentice machinist, although he did occasionally return to help on the farm. He remained an apprentice for three years and then returned to Dearborn. During the next few years, Henry divided his time between operating or repairing steam engines, finding occasional work in a Detroit factory, and over-hauling his father's farm implements, as well as lending a reluctant hand with other farm work. Upon his marriage to Clara Bryant in 1888, Henry supported himself and his wife by running a sawmill.

In 1891, Ford became an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company in Detroit. This event signified a conscious decision on Ford's part to dedicate his life to industrial pursuits. His promotion to Chief Engineer in 1893 gave him enough time and money to devote attention to his personal experiments on internal combustion engines.

These experiments culminated in 1896 with the completion of his own self-propelled vehicle-the Quadricycle. The Quadricycle had four wire wheels that looked like heavy bicycle wheels, was steered with a tiller like a boat, and had only two forward speeds with no reverse.

Although Ford was not the first to build a self-propelled vehicle with a gasoline engine, he was, however, one of several automotive pioneers who helped this country become a nation of motorists.

After two unsuccessful attempts to establish a company to manufacture automobiles, the Ford Motor Company was incorporated in 1903 with Henry Ford as vice-president and chief engineer. The infant company produced only a few cars a day at the Ford factory on Mack Avenue in Detroit. Groups of two or three men worked on each car from components made to order by other companies.

Henry Ford realized his dream of producing an automobile that was reasonably priced, reliable, and efficient with the introduction of the Model T in 1908. This vehicle initiated a new era in personal transportation. It was easy to operate, maintain, and handle on rough roads, immediately becoming a huge success.

By 1918, half of all cars in America were Model Ts. To meet the growing demand for the Model T, the company opened a large factory at Highland Park, Michigan, in 1910. Here, Henry Ford combined precision manufacturing, standardized and interchangeable parts, a division of labor, and, in 1913, a continuous moving assembly line. Workers remained in place, adding one component to each automobile as it moved past them on the line. Delivery of parts by conveyor belt to the workers was carefully timed to keep the assembly line moving smoothly and efficiently. The introduction of the moving assembly line revolutionized automobile production by significantly reducing assembly time per vehicle, thus lowering costs. Ford's production of Model Ts made his company the largest automobile manufacturer in the world.

QUOTES BY MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.

Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree.

Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions.

Nothing pains some people more than having to think.

One day we must come to see that peace is not merely a distant goal we seek, but that it is a means by which we arrive at that goal. We must pursue peaceful ends through peaceful means.

Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.

I just want to do God's will. And He's allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I've looked over, and I've seen the Promised Land.

Occasionally in life there are those moments of unutterable fulfillment which cannot be completely explained by those symbols called words. Their meanings can only be articulated by the inaudible language of the heart.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

We have flown the air like birds and swum the sea like fishes, but have yet to learn the simple act of walking the earth like brothers.

Life's most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.

Peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek, but a means by which we arrive at that goal.

Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor.

At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King, Jr., was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. When notified of his selection, he announced that he would turn over the prize money of $54,123 to the furtherance of the civil rights movement.

On the evening of April 4, 1968, while standing on the balcony of his motel room in Memphis, Tennessee, where he was to lead a protest march in sympathy with striking garbage workers of that city, he was assassinated.

THE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT FORMULA

Put Your Career on the Fast Track
There are many things you can do to put your career onto the fast track. You can set clear, specific goals for each area of your life and then make plans to accomplish them. You can plan your work and work your plan.

Ask For Greater Responsibility
You can accept 100% responsibility for everything you are and everything you become. You can refuse to make excuses or to blame others. You can tell your boss that you want greater responsibilities and then when you get them, put your whole heart into doing an excellent job.

Utilize Your Inborn Talents
In the parable of the talents in the New Testament, Jesus says, "Oh good and faithful servant, you have been faithful over small things. I will make you master over large things."If you too will carry out every assignment to the very best of your ability, you will be given larger and more important things to do and you'll be paid more as a result.

Dedicate Yourself to Continuous Improvement
The key to long term success is for you to dedicate yourself to continuous improvement. If you become one tenth of one percent more productive each day, that amounts to 1/1000th improvement per working day. Is that possible? Of course it is!

Improve a Little at a Time
If you become one tenth of one percent more productive each day, that amounts to one half of one percent more productive each week. One half of one percent more productive each week amounts to two percent more productive each month and 26% more productive each year.

The cumulative effect if becoming a tiny bit better at your field and more productive amounts to a tremendous increase in your value and your output over time.

How to Double Your Productivity
Twenty-six percent more productive each year, with compounding, amounts to doubling your overall productivity and performance every 2.7 years. If you become 26% more productive each year, with compounding, times 10 years, you will be 1004% more productive over the next decade. That is an increase of ten times over ten years.

The Reason For All Great Successes
This is called the Law of Accumulation, or the Principle of Incremental Improvement. It is the primary reason for all great success stories. By the yard, it's hard. But inch by inch, anything's a cinch!

Become A 1000% Person
Make a decision, right now, to be a 1000% person. Commit yourself to continuous personal and professional development. Read, listen to audio programs and take additional courses. This process will completely transform your life.

Action Exercises
Here are two things you can do to put these ideas into action immediately.

First, make a plan to become a little bit better every single day. Learn and apply one new idea each day to help you to become more productive and effective at your work. The incremental effect will amaze you.

Second, be patient. Don't expect overnight changes or instant results. Remember the story of the tortoise and the hare. Become a little bit better each day and your future will take care of itself. "The Continuous Improvement Formula" By Brian Tracy
BREAKING THE SUCCESS BARRIER - By Brian Tracy

Quotes by Winston Churchill

I like things to happen; and if they don't happen, I like to make them happen.

Perfectionism spells paralysis.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

When I look back on all the worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.

Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

There are plenty of good ideas if only they can be backed with the power of action.

Courage is the first of human qualities, because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Personally, I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), the son of Lord Randolph Churchill and an American mother, was educated at Harrow and Sandhurst.

After a brief but eventful career in the army, he became a Conservative Member of Parliament in 1900. He held many high posts in Liberal and Conservative governments during the first three decades of the century.

At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was appointed First Lord of the Admiralty - a post which he had earlier held from 1911 to 1915. In May, 1940, he became Prime Minister and Minister of Defence and remained in office until 1945. He took over the premiership again in the Conservative victory of 1951 and resigned in 1955. However, he remained a Member of Parliament until the general election of 1964, when he did not seek re-election. Queen Elizabeth II conferred on Churchill the dignity of Knighthood and invested him with the insignia of the Order of the Garter in 1953. Among the other countless honours and decorations he received, special mention should be made of the honorary citizenship of the United States which President Kennedy conferred on him in 1963.

7 SIMPLE PRINCIPLES OF WINNING THE GAME OF SUCCESS.

RULE #1: WINNING REQUIRES VISION.

Winners have a strong sense of purpose, mission and clarity of VISION—with the ability to turn their dreams and goals into solid EXPECTATIONS upon which they can take ACTION.

Successful people know WHO they are... WHY they are here... and WHAT they are going DO with the only life they have to live.

They have given themselves PERMISSION to EXPECT success rather than to FEAR failure. They then PROMISE themselves to live up to those EXPECTATIONS.

Yes, winners set huge goals for themselves—directly from the HEART—and fully expect to achieve them.

RULE #2: WINNING REQUIRES RESULTS.

Winners are successful, because they are able to transform their EXPECTATIONS into tangible RESULTS over Time. They LIVE their vision rather than just DREAM about it. They quickly turn their hopes and dreams into crystal-clear GOALS and focus their efforts on achieving their PLANS—not just once in awhile—but consistently... day-in-day-out.

Winners NEVER quit until their actual RESULTS meet or exceed their EXPECTATIONS. They live the old adage: Quitters never win... Winners never quit.

RULE #3: WINNING REQUIRES POWER.

Winners produce better RESULTS, because they have the POWER to consistently PERFORM better. Consistency of performance is what leads to consistency of winning.

RULE #4: WINNING REQUIRES POSITIVITY.

Winners have more POWER, because they have fewer NEGATIVES and more POSITIVES driving their performance at any point in time. You can SEE it in their performance.

Successful people are highly Energetic, Passionate, Enthusiastic, Self-directed, Focused, Supportive, Systematic, Organized and Action Oriented.
By contrast, how successful can you be if you are frequently Drained, Directionless, Pessimistic, Rash, Vague, Critical, Haphazard and Hesitant?

Yes, winners have far more POSITIVES, and far fewer NEGATIVES than people who just dabble at it.

Why?

Winners take ACTION to put these positive characteristics into play. They WORK at it. When they see a NEGATIVE, they take ACTION to transform it into a powerful POSITIVE.

It is no more complicated than this: When they see DISCOURAGED entering their performance, they quickly take a positive ACTION to once again become PASSIONATE.

RULE #5: WINNING REQUIRES YOUR 10 COLORS TO BE BURNING BRIGHTLY.

Successful people have more POSITIVES driving their performance, because each of the 10 COLORS in their Performance Spectrum is consistently burning brighter.

Think about it. What NEGATIVE stands a chance to undermine your performance when each of your 10 Colors is burning at maximum intensity. Since you can't be Energetic and Drained at the same time, the Positive always trumps the Negative. If you commit to keeping your 10 colors burning brightly, you will have have a power reservoir of amazing positivity.

RULE # 6: WINNING REQUIRES SKILL.

Winners' COLORS burn brighter, because they have the SKILLS to transform any Negatives holding them back into Positives that produce the Results they Expect.

In "TQ Speak" we call this taking a Factor Action... the 100 sequenced actions that drive the intensity of your 10 Colors.

What happens when you get DISCOURAGED?

This negative will dead-stop you in your tracks if you let it. However, learn to take Attitude Factor Action 3E "I look for the best in every situation, and the opportunity in every problem." and you will instantly move from Pessimistic to Optimistic.

RULE #7: WINNING REQUIRES CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

Winners Consistently produce superior Results over Time, because they consistently IMPROVE their Power of TQ over Time—which, of course, leads to bigger dreams, goals, visions and EXPECTATIONS.

Winners don't just win once in awhile. They do it consistently. They are constantly honing their edge, looking for small changes in their performance that lead to a serious advantage.

Little-by-little, day-by-day, they see minor improvements that combine to make them champions.

You can too.

Winning is not just a "once in awhile" event. It is a way of life.

It's May 13, 2008. Today, I want you to think about your WIN/LOSS record one last time. Not to dwell on your losses, but to discover issues in your performance that, when corrected, will allow you to WIN a great deal more frequently.

I want you to think about the last 10 years of your life. You have the scars. Your achievements have gotten you this far. Be proud of your accomplishments, however small you might think they are.

Large or small, they have defined your life thus far.

Now, look out 10, 20, 30 years or more to your last days here on Earth. How do you want to be remembered? You have the POWER to define your life any way you want.

Write Out Your Top 3 Personal Goals:

Look at your 3 goals. What will it take for you to WIN these by the time the Old Croaker or Grim Reaper comes calling for you.?

Believe Emerson. Believe Larry Bird. Believe Ali. Believe Kerrigan. Believe me. No one is going to just hand you these 3 goals anymore than they will hand you a prize for just showing up.

The best advice I can give you right now is this: Stop dabbling at it. Give it all you've got. -- E.R. Haas, CEO

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THE LAW OF CAUSE AND EFFECTS

The law of cause and effect: If you do what other successful people do, you will eventually get the results that other successful people get." ~ Brian Tracy

Study Brian's quote carefully. Successful people DO things differently from those who continue to struggle.

Find out what you need to DO differently—then DO IT. You will start moving faster in the direction of your dreams and goals. Don't, and you will be stuck running in place... until you DO!

You cause success to happen in every THOUGHT you think... and every ACTION you take. Thus, becoming the success you desire can be reduced to this simple two-step process:

THINK: Create Clear Expectations.

ACT: Execute Beyond Expectations.

When your Power to Execute exceeds the size of your Expectations, you produce exceptional RESULTS. You move closer to the success you desire. No question, the success you desire depends on the RESULTS you produce.

Want greater success?

Expect More—Execute Better.
Rising Expectations lead to a life of RESULTS. Falling Expectations lead to a life of REGRETS. You will either grow old and successful—or old and cynical. It's your choice.

What's Driving YOUR Performance?

Want to know what's driving your successes and failures right now? Is it what you have given yourself the right to Expect... or is it your power to Execute?

Take a few minutes to spot-check your performance again this morning, by taking the Quick Quiz for a few Colors. You will find this to be a truly illuminating experience!

Your Expectation Colors:
How's your sense of purpose and Mission?
Is your Attitude positive and proactive?
How well do you turn dreams into crystal-clear Goals?
Do you have Plans to support each of your goals?

"High Expectations are the key to everything." - Sam Walton, Founder Wal-Mart

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