Continuous Improvement Quotes

• Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.

  Brian Tracy

  Motivational, Philosophy, Practice

  Brian Tracy (2008). “Effective Leadership”, p.11, Jaico Publishing House

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• Small daily improvements over time lead to stunning results.

  Robin Sharma

  Inspirational, Motivational, Powerful

  FaceBook post by Robin Sharma from Mar 18, 2015

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• To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Change, Inspiring

  Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection.

  Mark Twain

  Motivational, Perfection, Improvement

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• Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.

  Kim Collins

  Perfection, Improvement, Strive

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  No matter how good you get you can always get better, and that's the exciting part.

  Tiger Woods

  Inspirational, Motivational, Sports

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• A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

  Jim Rohn

  Leadership, Insperational, Helping Others

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Jul 23, 2015

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• Once I slow down because I think I have reached my peak, then my skills will go nowhere but down

  Bruce Lee

  Thinking, Skills, Slow Down

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• Success is a process that continues, not a status that you reach. If you are alive, there are lessons to be learned.

  Denis Waitley

  Lessons To Be Learned, Alive, Process

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• Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Encouraging, Wise

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• 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.

  Masaaki Imai

  Business, Kaizen, Messages

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• Complacency is the forerunner of mediocrity. You can never work too hard on attitudes, effort and technique.

  Don Meyer

  Motivational, Sports, Attitude

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• Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.

  Tom Peters

  Business, Design Process, Poor Quality

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• Pause and remember - Every single event in your life, especially the difficult lessons, have made you smarter, stronger, and wiser than you were yesterday. Be thankful!

  Jennifer Young

  Recovery, Loss, Yesterday

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  I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  Abraham Lincoln (1999). “The Wit & Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln: A Treasury of Quotations, Anecdotes, and Observations”, Gramercy

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• I don't worry about maintaining the quality of my life, because every day I work on improving it.

  Tony Robbins

  Worry, Quality, Maintaining

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Aug 30, 2014

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• Be the change you want to see.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Change

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• Don't settle for mediocrity; never let good enough be good enough.

  Joel Osteen

  Letting Go, Mediocrity, Good Enough

  Joel Osteen (2012). “Daily Readings from Become a Better You: 90 Devotions for Improving Your Life Every Day”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• The thing is, continuity of strategic direction and continuous improvement in how you do things are absolutely consistent with each other. In fact, they're mutually reinforcing.

  Michael Porter

  Facts, Improvement, Consistent

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• We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

  William Shakespeare

  Inspirational, Business, Good Life

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 4, sc. 5, l. [43]

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• We conquer by continuing.

  George Matheson

  Perseverance, Not Giving Up, Persistence

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• ...a person and an organization must have goals, take actions to achieve those goals, gather evidence of achievement, study and reflect on the data and from that take actions again. Thus, they are in a continuous feedback spiral toward continuous improvement. This is what 'Kaizan' means.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Learning, Mean, Data

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• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

  Laozi

  Inspirational, Strength, Being Strong

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• One key to successful leadership is continuous personal change. Personal change is a reflection of our inner growth and empowerment.

  Robert E. Quinn

  Change, Success, Leadership

  Robert E. Quinn (2010). “Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within”, p.34, John Wiley & Sons

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• Excellent firms don't believe in excellence - only in constant improvement and constant change.

  Tom Peters

  Inspirational, Loyalty, Educational

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