Billy Durant Quotes
20 quotes from Billy Durant — Founder of General Motors and co-founder of Chevrolet..
“I am for General Motors, and General Motors is for me. We are one and the same.”
“The time will come when 500,000 automobiles will be manufactured and sold in this country every year.”
“Money? What is money? It is only loaned to a man; he comes into the world with nothing and he goes out with nothing.”
“The man who builds for the future builds for all time.”
“The customer is always right, but the customer doesn't always know what he wants until you show it to him.”
“I never worry about things I cannot control, and I never stop working on things I can control.”
“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you're going to do now and do it.”
“I am looking ahead, not back. I am trying to see what is coming, not what has been.”
“[Competition](/mental-models/competition) is the life of trade, and the death of the trader.”
“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”
“The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.”
“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.”
“The man who never makes a mistake never makes anything.”
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.”
“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.”
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.”
“The automobile is not a luxury but a necessity, and every family in America will own one.”
“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
“Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.”
“The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.”
