The standard is not writ on the stone. The definition of the standard is that it is the best way to do the job for now. It should be regarded as a next step to make further improvement.

The message of the Kaizen strategy is that not a day should go by without some kind of improvement being made somewhere in the company.

Progress is impossible without the ability to admit mistakes.

The Kaizen Philosophy assumes that our way of life - be it our working life, our social life, or our home life - deserves to be constantly improved.

Kaizen means ongoing improvement involving everybody, without spending much money.

Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement. For these reasons, standards are the basis for both maintenance and improvement

You can't do kaizen just once or twice and expect immediate results. You have to be in it for the long haul.

All of management's efforts for Kaizen boil down to two words: customer satisfaction.

Kaizen is like a hotbed that nurtures small and ongoing changes, while innovation is like magma that appears in abrupt eruptions from time to time

I believe that management should focus on two particular areas. One is Gemba (shop floor) and the other is customer (not the shareholder).

Under the lean system, any tools which are required for solving problems are used.

How can He be perfect? Everything He ever makes...dies.

Success is evident from the joy you experience. Be willing to let go of anything that takes your joy away.

Don't take a giant leap to make your life better. Just enjoy every minute of your life.

After the break up of the municipality and the loss of his income my father lost health and spirits.

The price we pay for being ourselves is worth it.

Always engage in the quest for life's meaning, which is inner peace.

He is dangerous, he is beautiful, I could drown in his understanding.

Flowers are an education in a vase.

Where radical Islamism is going to be a factor, it's going to be very, very tough.

Lenin, the greatest man of action in our century and at the same time the most selfless.