Having no problems is the biggest problem of all.

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'.

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

When you are out observing on the gemba, do something to help them. If you do, people will come to expect that you can help them and will look forward to seeing you again on the gemba.

We must find within us a happiness with ourselves which no one else can disturb. Otherwise we give them power over us.

Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living

A good character today is shaped by greatness, greatness in vision, greatness in courage, greatness in insight, greatness in purpose and devotion.

And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing.

God has a way of making the most miserable things...Beauti ful.

My shadow is only half of what it should be." "Everyone has their shortcomings.

Are we going to lead the world with strength and in accordance with our values? That's what I intend to do.

I'm always thinking about the next record. I've got like 20 different themes and then I'll scratch the themes. It's a learning process.

It's a good thing to feel like you have to prove something

All the most powerful speeches ever made point to a better future.