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

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.

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.

Out of the fires of refinement, come the praise of His magnificence, the brilliance of His glory, and the honor of His precious Son, Jesus Christ.

Yahweh, you are awesome in power!

Remember, it's still a mystery to be an adult. If you knew it all before eighteen, you'd have nothing to look forward to.

If you have ever walked in Paris, you will see that Paris will ever walk in your memoires!

But I begin to fancy you don't like me. How strange! I thought, though everybody hated and despised each other, they could not avoid loving me. (Catherine Linton, nee Earnshaw)

When somethin's not right it's wrong.

Fear runs our lives a lot of the time. You can face it head-on, or you can hide in your bunker.

I don't understand what I do, I just know that it's great.

The slothful are always ready to engage in idle talk of what will be done tomorrow, and every day after.

God doesn't hide Himself from you so that He can't be found; He hides Himself from you so that He can be found.