“Most people spend more time and energy going around problems than in trying to solve them.”
More from Henry Ford on Wisdom
“The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing.”
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason so few engage in it.”
“You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.”
“It is not the employer who pays wages - he only handles the money. It is the product that pays wages.”
“Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.”
“The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.”
“Money is like an arm or leg - use it or lose it.”
“It is not the employer who pays the wages. Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”