32 Best Enzo Ferrari Quotes From The Famous Italian Racing Driver

Rajnandini Roychoudhury
Dec 12, 2023 By Rajnandini Roychoudhury
Originally Published on Feb 23, 2021
Edited by Jacob Fitzbright
A red Ferrari 488 GTB parked in front of a stone bridge.

Enzo Ferrari was an Italian motor racer and entrepreneur.  

Enzo Ferrari went on to create the Ferrari automobile company. Enzo Ferrari is one of the most influential personalities in the automobile industry and became a household name.

After World War I, Enzo Ferrari tested race cars for a small automobile company in Italy. Alfa Romeo’s official racing team signed him up as their racing car driver.

In 1929, Enzo Ferrari went on to form the Scuderia Ferrari, a racing car stable that stayed on as Alfa Romeo’s official racing team even though Enzo Ferrari stopped driving in races. Soon after World War 2, Ferrari under the leadership of Enzo Ferrari started manufacturing racing cars.

The company’s car soon gained recognition for its unbeatable speed and quality that nobody else in that time could beat.

The Ferrari F40 was the last car from the company to receive the personal seal of approval from Enzo Ferrari prior to his death in 1988. The cause of his death was not released to the public, but rumor has it the cause was kidney disease.

Some of the Ferrari slogans are: "Only those who dare truly live" and "We are the competition".

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Inspirational Enzo Ferrari Quotes

These great Enzo Ferrari quotes about his life and legacy will surely leave you inspired and motivated!

1. “You have to have courage to stand up to your critics.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

2. “I have, in fact, no interest outside of racing cars.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

3. “I believe most things can be said in a few lines.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

4. “What’s behind you doesn’t matter.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

5. “There is no triumph or glory in the world that’s worth an inch of human skin.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

6. “If you see what a competitor is doing and it is better than what you are doing, you have to surpass them to ensure your car is better.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

7. “If I am unable to see the defects in the machines I create myself, how can I see properly into myself?”

― Enzo Ferrari.

8. “I don’t think there’s a car in the world that hasn’t yet been improved by competition, a car which hasn’t been influenced by others.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

9. “If I go to see people, they have an opinion of me, ready-made. But if they come here, what they see is also about what I have created.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

10. “One must keep working continuously; otherwise, one thinks of death.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

11. “It’s true that I have never met any man whom I thought altogether resembled me - but only because my faults are so enormous.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

12. “The great traumas are easier: you can always work your way through to reason.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

Famous Enzo Ferrari Quotes

Some of the most famous quotes from Enzo Ferrari showing his amazing well-preserved character and the automobile industry from his point of view.

13. “Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

14. “The fact is I don’t drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car’s reactions, becoming part of it.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

15. “The best holiday for me is spent in my workshops when nearly everybody is on vacation.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

16. “The Ferrari is a dream. People dream of owning this special vehicle and for most, it will remain a dream apart from those lucky few.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

17. “I am convinced that when a man tells a woman he loves her, he only means that he desires her; and that the only total love in this world is that of a father for his son.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

18. “The dreams become bigger, much bigger, to build a car that doesn’t slow in the curves, that flies without leaving the ground.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

19. “I am a promoter of ideas. I have to sell ideas that will be realized by others.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

20. “My cars must be beautiful. But more than that, they must not stop out on the circuit. For then people will say, ‘What a pity, it was so pretty’.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

21. “I want to build a car that’s faster than all of them, and then I want to die.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

22. “In Maranello, I created a factory that made cars known all over the world. Fiat turned it into a real industrial concern.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

23. “I consider myself weak and so I put on a kind of mask. I put it on to hide.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

Enzo Ferrari Quotes About Cars

Inspiring Ferrari quotes by Enzo Ferrari and some great racing and race cars quotes which inspired him to become one of the most iconic figures on the racing track.

24. “I should like to put something new into my cars every morning – an inclination that terrifies my staff.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

25. “I don’t sell cars; I sell engines. The cars I throw in for free since something has to hold the engines in.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

26. “The greatest drivers were distinguished by their supreme ability to handle any kind of situation, any car, any driving condition, any kind of race.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

27. “When I see a car which uses one litre or 1.2 litres of fuel for every kilometre it travels, I ask myself, ‘Is this a racing car or is it a tank wagon?'”

― Enzo Ferrari.

28. “Death will destroy my body, but my creatures will keep on living ever after, in the years to come.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

29. “No one remembers who took second place and that will never be me.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

30. “Jaguar’s E-Type is the most beautiful car in the world.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

31. “Racing cars are neither beautiful nor ugly. They become beautiful when they win.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

32. “All the innovations learned from racing experience can find practical application in the normal production models in a relatively short period of time, the smaller output enabling them, in fact, to be introduced much more readily.”

― Enzo Ferrari.

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Written by Rajnandini Roychoudhury

Bachelor of Arts specializing in English, Master of Arts specializing in English

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Rajnandini RoychoudhuryBachelor of Arts specializing in English, Master of Arts specializing in English

With a Master of Arts in English, Rajnandini has pursued her passion for the arts and has become an experienced content writer. She has worked with companies such as Writer's Zone and has had her writing skills recognized by publications such as The Telegraph. Rajnandini is also trilingual and enjoys various hobbies such as music, movies, travel, philanthropy, writing her blog, and reading classic British literature. 

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