
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.

Because of his immense popularity during his lifetime and since, numerous sayings have been ascribed to Henry Ford.
