Quality In Business Quotes - Page 2

• A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Success, Graduation

  "Mansfield News Journal" Newspaper, August 3, 1965.

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• The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.

  Shigeo Shingo

  Systems And Processes, Kaizen, Waste

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  Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.

  Tony Robbins

  Success, Tattoo, Business

  FaceBook post by Tony Robbins from Dec 28, 2014

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• When a system is stable, telling the worker about mistakes is only tampering.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Mistake, Quality, Management

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• The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it, and exploits it as an opportunity.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Motivational, Business

  Peter Drucker (2014). “Innovation and Entrepreneurship”, p.33, Routledge

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• Patience and foresight are the two most important qualities in business

  Henry Ford

  Two, Important, Quality

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• The best way to predict the future is to create it.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Change, Meaningful, Top Management

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• Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.

  Steve Jobs

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Business

  "Steve Jobs, the Journey Is the Reward". Book by Jeffrey S. Young, 1988.

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• The emphasis should be on why we do a job.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Jobs, Business Success, Quality

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• Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  "From Telegraph to Light Bulb with Thomas Edison". Book by Deborah Headstrom-Page, 2007.

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• The best way to predict the future is to invent it.

  Alan Kay

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  Walter Isaacson (2011). “Steve Jobs”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality.

  Max De Pree

  Leadership, Responsibility, Reality

  Max De Pree (1987). “Leadership is an Art”, Doubleday Business

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• Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.

  George S. Patton

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  "War As I Knew It". Book by George S. Patton. Chapter "Reflections and Suggestions", 1947.

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• Make the workmanship surpass the materials.

  Ovid

  Quality, Workmanship, Materials

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• Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

  Bill Gates

  Inspirational, Success, Teacher

  Bill Gates, Nathan Myhrvold, Peter Rinearson (1996). “The Road Ahead”, Wheeler Pub Incorporated

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• Pressure is something you feel when you do not know what you are doing.

  Chuck Noll

  Basketball, Funny Inspirational, Funny Motivational

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• Management by objective works - if you know the objectives. Ninety percent of the time you don't.

  Peter Drucker

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wise

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• All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Pride, Quality, Chance

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• Whenever there is fear, you will get wrong figures.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Reality, Quality, Management

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• Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

  Peter Drucker

  Leadership, Wise, Funny Inspirational

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• If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.

  Seneca the Younger

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  'Epistulae ad Lucilium' letter 71, sect. 3

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• If you do not know how to ask the right question, you discover nothing.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Quality, Asking The Right Questions, Management

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• Rational behavior requires theory. Reactive behavior requires only reflex action.

  W. Edwards Deming

  Quality, Action, Management

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• Commercialism is doing well that which should not be done at all.

  Gore Vidal

  Business, Useless Stuff, Time Management

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