It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill.

The race is not [always] to the swift, nor the battle to the strong.

Your most precious possession is not your financial assets. Your most precious possession is the people you have working there, and what they carry around in their heads, and their ability to work together.

To manage a system effectively, you might focus on the interactions of the parts rather than their behavior taken separately.

It is not a question of how well each process works, the question is how well they all work together.

It is important that an aim never be defined in terms of activity or methods. It must always relate directly to how life is better for everyone. . . . The aim of the system must be clear to everyone in the system. The aim must include plans for the future. The aim is a value judgment.

Never say never, for if you live long enough, chances are you will not be able to abide by its restrictions. Never is a long, undependable time, and life is too full of rich possibilities to have restrictions placed upon it.

Continual improvement is an unending journey.

He who has never failed somewhere. . . that man can not be great.

Even though quality cannot be defined, you know what quality is.