Alfred Sloan was a business executive who had been the president of General Motors from 1923 to 1956. He was born on May 23, 1875 and died on February 17, 1966. Go here to see his profile.

Here are some of his words of wisdom to motivate us today.

The greatest real thrill that life offers is to create, to construct, to develop something useful.

The whole objective of industry is to reduce prices. That’s what produces employment and expands business.

Realize the necessity of doing a better job every day. Keep an open mind and work hard. The last is most important of all. There is no short cut.

A car for every purse and purpose.

If you do it right 51 percent of the time you will end up a hero.

Bedside manners are no substitute for the right diagnosis.

There has to be this pioneer, the individual who has the courage, the ambition to overcome the obstacles that always develop when one tries to do something worthwhile, especially when it is new and different.