"A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business."
— Henry Ford
A Business That Makes Nothing But
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
About this quote
This quote is attributed to Ford and reflects a philosophy he expressed repeatedly: that profit was a byproduct of genuine service rather than an end in itself. The earliest documented sourcing is the News Journal of Mansfield, Ohio, on August 3, 1965 — well after Ford's death in 1947 — and no specific speech or manuscript by Ford has been identified as the original source. In My Life and Work (1922) Ford made the same argument in different words: "Money is only a tool in business. It is just a part of the machinery."
Source
Attributed, from interviews
