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Whether You Believe You Can Do a Thing or Not, You Are Right
Henry Ford? Virgil? John Dryden? John Herbert Phillips? Del Howard? Harlowe B. Andrews? Norman Vincent Peale? Mary Kay Ash? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: An aphorism highlighting the power of...
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When Two Men in Business Always Agree, One of Them Is Unnecessary
William Wrigley Jr.? Ezra Pound? Henry Ford? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: Constructive debate about future plans is essential in a responsive and vibrant company. Here are three versions of a...
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I’d Put My Money on the Sun and Solar Energy
Thomas Edison? James D. Newton? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: A fascinatingly prescient remark about energy has been attributed to the famous inventor and entrepreneur Thomas Edison: I’d put my...
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Failure Is Only the Opportunity More Intelligently To Begin Again
Henry Ford? Samuel Crowther? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The failure of a project is often disheartening, but some self-help and inspirational texts highlight a quotation that presents a...
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Thinking Is the Hardest Work There Is, which Is the Probable Reason Why So...
Henry Ford? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The automotive titan Henry Ford reportedly crafted a humorous and insightful remark about thinking. Here are three versions: 1) Thinking is hard work....
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If You Always Do What You’ve Always Done, You Always Get What You’ve Always...
Henry Ford? Jessie Potter? Dayle K. Maloney? Cathy Bolger? Susan Jeffers? Jackie “Moms” Mabley? Tony Robbins? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: Why do people repeat foolish, ineffective, or...
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Knowing Where To Tap
A Fired Machinist? Charles R. Wiers? Hubert N. Alyea? Charles Proteus Steinmetz? Henry Ford? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: A popular anecdote highlights the extraordinary value of properly...
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Make the Best Quality of Goods Possible at the Lowest Cost Possible, Paying...
Henry Ford? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: The business titan Henry Ford apparently said something like: The industrialist should endeavor to make the best quality goods and pay the highest wages...
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Kites Rise Against and Not With the Wind. Even a Head Wind Is Better than None
Winston Churchill? Henry Ford? John Neal? Henry W. Davis? Chinese Proverb? Lewis Mumford? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: An individual who faces opposition can grow in strength and resilience....
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The Horse Is Here To Stay, But the Automobile Is Only a Novelty — a Fad
A Leading Banker? President of the Michigan Savings Bank? Sarah T. Bushnell? Horace Rackham? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: An investor was given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to purchase...
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