Charles F. Kettering Quotes

Here find a collection of Charles F. Kettering quotes. Inspirational quotes and sayings said by this US Engineer and Inventor who lived from 1876 to 1958. Be inspired by the words of this famous person.

Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future.
Charles F. Kettering

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Charles F. Kettering

The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.
Charles F. Kettering

A problem well stated is a problem half solved.
Charles F. Kettering

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his failures simply as practice shots.
Charles F. Kettering

Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.
Charles F. Kettering

The Wright brothers flew right through the smoke screen of impossibility. Charles F. Kettering

It's amazing what ordinary people can do if they set out without preconceived notions.
Charles F. Kettering

You will never stub your toe standing still. The faster you go, the more chance there is of stubbing your toe, but the more chance you have of getting somewhere.
Charles F. Kettering

You can't have a better tomorrow if you are thinking about yesterday all the time.
Charles F. Kettering

Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
Charles F. Kettering

Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
Charles F. Kettering

My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
Charles F. Kettering

An inventor is simply a fellow who doesn't take his education too seriously.
Charles F. Kettering

One fails forward toward success.
Charles F. Kettering

We should all be concerned about the future because we will have to live the rest of our lives there.
Charles F. Kettering

It is not a disgrace to fail. Failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.
Charles F. Kettering

Where there is an open mind there will always be a frontier.
Charles F. Kettering

Learn how to fail intelligently, for failing is one of the greatest arts in the world.
Charles F. Kettering

There is a great difference between knowing and understanding: you can know a lot about something and not really understand it.
Charles F. Kettering

Inventing is a combination of brains and materials. The more brains you use, the less material you need.
Charles F. Kettering

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.
Charles F. Kettering

If you have always done it that way, it is probably wrong.
Charles F. Kettering

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