Harvey S. Firestone famous quotes

03-16-2025

I can walk through the front door of any factory and out the back and tell you if it's making money or not. I can just tell by the way it's being run and by the spirit of the workers.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Running #Doors #Way
The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Leadership #Congratulations #Two
I believe fundamental honesty is the keystone of business.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Trust #Honesty #Believe
If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn't any limit to what you can do with your business and your life. Ideas are any man's greatest asset.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Strength #Leadership #Men
It is only as we develop others that we permanently succeed.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Inspirational #Success #Educational
Success is the sum of details.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Success #Details
The growth and development of people is the highest calling of leadership.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Leadership #Helping Others #People
Thought, not money, is the real business capital.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Money #Real
The way of the pioneer is always rough.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Pioneers #Way #Rough
An executive cannot gradually dismiss details. Business is made up of details and I notice that the chief executive who dismisses them is quite likely to dismiss his business. Success is the sum of detail. It might perhaps be pleasing to imagine oneself beyond detail and engaged only in great things, but as I have often observed, if one attends only to great things and lets the little things pass the great things become little; that is, the business shrinks.
-- Harvey S. Firestone

#Business #Littles #Might

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