The most inspirational automotive quotes

Dec. 6, 2013 - PRLog -- Words of wisdom from the great automotive pioneers are just as valid today as they were a hundred years ago. Read more about Henry Ford's views on life and business, Walter Chysler's thoughts on enthusiasm and industrialism, John Francis Dodge quotes on their career beginning and many more. You can also find popular quotes from various celebrities and racing quotes from the legendary drivers and engineers.

Henry Ford

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.

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.

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.

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

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

You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.

If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.

There is one rule for the industrialist and that is: Make the best quality of goods possible at the lowest cost possible, paying the highest wages possible.

Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.

Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.

You can't learn in school what the world is going to do next year.

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

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

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

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.

Don’t save every nickel. Invest in yourself.

Walter Chrysler

To me every hour of the day and night is an unspeakably perfect miracle.

The real secret of success is enthusiasm.

I feel sorry for the person who can't get genuinely excited about his work. Not only will he never be satisfied, but he will never achieve anything worthwhile.

The reason so many people never get anywhere in life is because, when opportunity knocks, they are out in the backyard looking for four-leaf clovers.

I always want to know how things work. Had I been Aladdin, I am certain that after just one wish or two, I’d have taken that old lamp apart to see if I could make another, better lamp.

I do not believe in idle machines or idle men.

The fun I had experienced in making things as a boy was magnified a hundredfold when I began making things as a man.

No more big opportunities in this country? There never were so many opportunities for young men in the history of the world. If you miss one chance, that is no reason for brooding; there will be another if you keep alert and qualify yourself for opportunities.

There is more to industry than money and machines. There are men.

John Francis Dodge

We’re brothers and we always work together; if you haven’t got room for two of us, neither of us will start. That’s that!

I reached Detroit with 50 cents, but I spent 25 cents to have an aching tooth pulled out.

Just think of all those Ford owners who will someday want an automobile.

The most destitute kids in town… I drove a cow three miles twice a day for 50 cents a week and was mighty glad when pay day came.

I am tired of being carried around in Henry Ford’s vest pocket.

We had a rather foolish contract or we would have compelled them [Ford Motor Company] to pay over much more. We were not as wise then as we, perhaps should have been.

We are prepared to do any class of work that can be done in a first-class modern shop.

We have found it necessary to establish a rule that no one by the name of Dodge be given employment in our factory.

Funny quotes

A company needs smart young men with the imagination and the guts to turn everything upside down if they can. It also needs old figures to keep them from turning upside down those things that ought to be rightside up. - Henry Ford

If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1000 MPG. - Bill Gates

I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered. - George Best

My boyfriend keeps telling me I've got to own things. So, first I bought this car. And then he told me I oughta get a house. 'Why a house?' 'Well, you gotta have a place to park the car.' - Julia Roberts

I would have probably stolen cars - it would have given me the same adrenaline rush as racing. - Valentino Rossi

Always focus on the front windshield and not the review mirror.” - Colin Powell

Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports… all the others are games. - Ernest Hemingway

Speed has never killed anyone, suddenly becoming stationary… that’s what gets you. - Jeremy Clarkson

Racing quotes

Jackie Stewart: It is not always possible to be the best, but it is always possible to improve your own performance

Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines. – Enzo Ferrari

I don’t know driving in another way which isn’t risky. Each one has to improve himself. Each driver has its limit. My limit is a little bit further than other’s. - Ayrton Senna

It is amazing how may drivers, even at the Formula One Level, think that the brakes are for slowing the car down. – Mario Andretti

Race cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win. – Enzo Ferrari

To achieve anything in this game you must be prepare to dabble in the boundary of disaster. - Sterling Moss

Mr. Bentley – He builds fast trucks. – Ettore Bugatti

Winning is everything. The only ones who remember you when you come second are your wife and your dog. – Damon Hill

For more information on the lives of the early American pioneers check out the following articles on Oldtimerbase.com:

Henry Ford (http://oldtimerbase.com/IconHenryFord.html)

Walter Chysler (http://oldtimerbase.com/IconWalterChrysler.html)

Dodge brothers (http://oldtimerbase.com/IconDodgeBrothers.html)