There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, and cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority.

Improvement usually means doing something that we have never done before.

A relentless barrage of 'why’s' is the best way to prepare your mind to pierce the clouded veil of thinking caused by the status quo. Use it often.

The best approach is to dig out and eliminate problems where they were assumed not to exist.

The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.

Lean is a way of thinking- not a list of things to do

Unless you change direction, you will end up where you are headed.

It's only the last turn of a bolt that tightens it - the rest is just movement.

Those who are not dissatisfied will never make any progress

When you buy bananas all you want is the fruit not the skin, but you have to pay for the skin also. It is a waste. And you the customer should not have to pay for the waste.

We have to grasp not only the Know-How but also 'Know Why', if we want to master the Toyota Production System.

My strength is my pride. My pride is my heart. And my heart will always be mine and mine alone.

Masters are not created by anyone, They are just GOD gifted to change the WORLD.

believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.

This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap...

The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the environment.

Repartee is altogether a natural endowment, and is the lightning of the mind.

Rock bottom can be a solid foundation from which you can rebuild your life on.

If my opinion is of any worth, the fieldfare is the greatest delicacy among birds, the hare among quadrupeds.

We should let Scripture interpret us more than we interpret Scripture.