When we put our $5 minimum wage for an eight-hour day into effect in 1913, we had to watch many of our men to see what use they made of their spare time & money. Everything good may also be dangerous-if mishandled. This is not to say that leisure may not be dangerous. It is high time to rid ourselves of the notion that leisure for workmen is either 'lost time' or a class privilege. Further progress along the same lines has made it possible to bring in the five day week. It is the rise of the great corporation with its ability to use power, to use accurately designed machinery, & generally to lessen the wastes in time, material & human energy that made it possible to bring in the eight hour day. The hours of labor are regulated by the organization of work and by nothing else. Five years ago, introducing the five day week would have had the same result. Twenty years ago, introducing the eight-hour day generally would have made for poverty & not for wealth. Of course there is a humanitarian side to the shorter day & the shorter week, but dwelling on that side is likely to lead one astray, for leisure may be put before work instead of after it-where it belongs. The industry of this country could not long exist if factories generally went back to the ten-hour day, because people would not have the leisure, the desire, or the means to consume the goods produced.Just as the eight-hour day opened our way to prosperity in America, so the five-day week will open our way to still greater prosperity. Without it the country will not be able to absorb its production & stay prosperous. 'It is bound to come through all industry. "'The country is ready for the five-day week,' says Mr. If you are searching for a quote and do not see it in the attached list, it means that staff was not able to trace it to a reliable source. Examples of reliable secondary sources would be a published interview with or other direct quotations of Henry Ford in newspapers contemporary to him, including but in no way limited to house organs such as the Ford Times and Ford News, or a book whose ghostwriting or collaboration was authorized by Henry Ford. The list includes quotations that have been traced to a primary source or a reliable secondary source. Staff, interns, and volunteers of the Benson Ford Research Center at The Henry Ford have continued this work, resulting in the list below ( also available as a spreadsheet download.). Work on collecting and authenticating Henry Ford quotations was begun at Ford Motor Company, possibly as early as the mid-1920s. However, many of these quotes are difficult to properly verify or attribute. “Wish not so much to live long as to live well.Because of his immense popularity during his lifetime and since, numerous sayings have been ascribed to Henry Ford.“It is better to take many Injuries than to give one.”.
“Search others for their virtues, thy self for thy vices.” “Glass, China, and Reputation, are easily crack’d, and never well mended.” “Hide not your Talents, they for Use were made. “Pardoning the Bad, is injuring the Good.” “When you’re good to others, you’re best to yourself.” “Dost thou love life? Then do not squander Time for that’s the Stuff Life is made of.” “He that would live in peace & at ease, Must not speak all he knows or judge all he sees.”
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“Don’t throw stones at your neighbors, if your own windows are glass.” “Look before, or you’ll find yourself behind.” “He that lies down with Dogs, shall rise up with fleas.” Also cited in a letter to Quincy, Sr., American merchant, planter and politician, September 1783. Letter to Sir Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London, July 1783. “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” “He that falls in love with himself will have no rivals.” “Love your Enemies, for they tell you your Faults.”
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