Henry Ford's Marketing Team Quotes
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Source: Henry Ford's Marketing Team
Speaker: Henry Ford
Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.
Context
This line is from automobile pioneer Henry Ford.
Henry Ford didn't just popularize the assembly line for automobiles, he was also an assembly line of quotes about leadership, management, and teamwork. Exactly where or when he first said this is unclear—perhaps to a worker who fell asleep on an assembly line, leading to the explosion of a Model T?—but it's one of the many famous quotes attributed to Ford.
Where you've heard it
You've heard this if you just royally screwed up, and someone is trying to comfort you.
Pretentious Factor
If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10.
This quote is more original than "Don't cry over spilt milk," and is a little more inspirational too. No one ever made a worthwhile achievement by dumping milk all over the place.