With Lean Six Sigma, the tools are the easy part, changing organizational culture is the hard part.

Restless thoughts are a kind of mental 'static' which must be silenced if we are to hear the whispers of our inner self.

You want continual improvement? Then I challenge every employee in an organization to discard the status quo and ask themselves everyday, How can I improve my job?, then find a way to make it happen.

When it comes to continual improvement programs, the biggest mistake is a failure to launch, the biggest hurdle is culture.

If you get invited to be part of a team, don't look at it as a burden to get out of, but rather an opportunity to inspire, invigorate, and bring life to the team.

Don't let the fear of statistics keep you from launching a continual improvement program. The statistics hurdle is easily overcome, going out of business is not.

No matter how dark and hopeless a situation may seem, always hold on and never give up your dream.

Waves of my feelings are crossing the beach of my heart.

It just took some people a little longer than others to realize how few words they needed to get by, how much of life they could negotiate in silence.

How do I say 'kiss me' in French?" she whispered."Embrasse moi."Oh yes, even that sounded better in French.

Who is to guard the guards themselves?

In this chaotic world where everything is moving and turning, one's partner should be like the centre of a wheel which never moves and always remains still.

So Lyra and her daemon turned away from the world they were born in, and looked toward the sun, and walked into the sky.

I always heard that I was too small.

Every country has its own reality and its own leaders, and the leaders act in accordance with their reality.