“The way is clear for any one who thinks first of service” (Henry Ford)

“Con­cretely, what I most real­ized about busi­ness in that year–and I have been learn­ing more each year with­out find­ing it nec­es­sary to change my first conclusions–is this: 

(1) That finance is given a place ahead of work and there­fore tends to kill the work and destroy the fun­da­men­tal of service. 

(2) That think­ing first of money instead of work brings on fear of fail­ure and this fear blocks every avenue of business–it makes a man afraid of com­pe­ti­tion, of chang­ing his meth­ods, or of doing any­thing which might change his condition.

(3) That the way is clear for any one who thinks first of service–of doing the work in the best pos­si­ble way.”

– Henry Ford