Also, bad quality causes big disruptions in my river system.

Progress cannot be generated when we are satisfied with existing situations.

The Toyota style is not to create results by working hard. It is a system that says there is no limit to people's creativity. People don't go to Toyota to 'work' they go there to 'think'.

Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.

Without standards, there can be no improvement.

Standards should not be forced down from above but rather set by the production workers themselves.

We are doomed to failure without a daily destruction of our various preconceptions.

The more inventory a company has, the less likely they will have what they need.

Data is of course important in manufacturing, but I place the greatest emphasis on facts.

Costs do not exist to be calculated. Costs exist to be reduced.

Where there is no Standard there can be no Kaizen

i just know no one is a friend like writing .

It is not the Church name that matters, but a Christ like character from every Christian that makes a difference.

For a moment, I felt like myself again. Not the new me, not the old me, just the real me.

That's the chief lesson I have learned: the texture of our universe is one where there is no question at all but that good and laughter and justice will prevail.

The life of faith is a daily exploration of the constant and countless ways in which Gods grace and love are expereinced

If you do everything that everyone else does in business, you're going to lose. The only way to really be ahead, is to 'be different'.

When you look at the sky, you must know that you look at the cosmic factory which enabled you to exist as a live being!

When I became leader, I made very clear I was not going to choose the easy life. I have always taken risks. I don't like comfort-zone politics.

Once we are destined to live out our lives in the prison of our mind, our duty is to furnish it well.

All the information I have about myself is from forged documents.