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

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

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.

Stay true to yourself and listen to your inner voice. It will lead you to your dream.

The good thing about the laws of physics is that they require no law enforcement agencies to maintain them

Disappointment is the end of an illusion.

You can only get discipline in the mass by discipline in the individual.

Those who prefer security to liberty deserve neither.

I have an uncompromising relationship with my goals.

It is expedient to have acquaintance with those who have looked into the world, who know men, understand business, and can give you good intelligence and good advice when they are wanted.

Missionaries never give up on their dream of peace, even when they experience difficulties and persecution, which makes their presence strongly felt today.

Your life is magnificent not because someone says it is, but because you choose to see it as such

Do not respond to attacks with attacks. Respond with Mercy & Respect