"Being humble means recognizing that we are not on earth to see how important we can become, but to see how much difference we can make in the lives of others."
~ Gordon B. Hinckley
..a bit of our heart
"Our days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind."
~ Ritu Ghatourey
..central nervous system
When it comes to having a central nervous system, and the ability to feel pain, hunger, and thirst, a rat is a pig is a dog is a boy.
-Ingrid Newkirk, animal rights activist (b. 11 Jun 1949)
...second the world
In the struggle between yourself and the world, second the world.
M-Franz Kafka, novelist (1883-1924)
Have to have...
"The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet."
-Theodore M. Hesburgh
-Theodore M. Hesburgh
More and more...
"If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader."
-John Quincy Adams
Unqualified faith...
Most institutions demand unqualified faith; but the institution of science makes skepticism a virtue.
-Robert King Merton, sociologist (1910-2003)
ill-adjusted Vs. adjusted
A man who is 'ill-adjusted' to the world is always on the verge of finding himself. One who is adjusted to the world never finds himself, but gets to be a cabinet minister.
-Hermann Hesse, novelist, poet, Nobel laureate (1877-1962)
..expressing it
We are healed of suffering only by expressing it to the full.
-Marcel Proust, novelist (10 Jul 1871-1922)
uneasy...
I hold one share in the corporate earth and am uneasy about the management.
-E.B. White, writer (1899-1985)
...able to solve the problems
"Without changing our patterns of thought, we will not be able to solve the problems that we created with our current patterns of thought."
~Albert Einstein
Yardstick of quality..
"Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected."
~Steve Jobs
...more and most painful
As a child I was taught that to tell the truth was often painful. As an adult I have learned that not to tell the truth is more painful, and that the fear of telling the truth -- whatever the truth may be -- that fear is the most painful sensation of a moral life.
-June Jordan, writer, teacher, and activist (1936-2002)
equal in suffering
All the arguments to prove man's superiority cannot shatter this hard fact: in suffering the animals are our equals.
-Peter Singer, philosopher and professor (b. 6 Jul 1946)
Power of Truth
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
-Jean de la Fontaine, poet and fabulist (1621-1695)
...way of life
When plunder becomes a way of life for a group of men in a society, over the course of time they create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it.
-Frédéric Bastiat, economist and writer (1801-1850)
-Frédéric Bastiat, economist and writer (1801-1850)
..can't change your mind
The problem with being sure that God is on your side is that you can't change your mind, because God sure isn't going to change His.
-Roger Ebert, film-critic (1942-2013)
..death is not an adventure
This book (All Quiet on the Western Front) is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war.
-Erich Maria Remarque, novelist (1898-1970)
Aims Vs Methods
There is no greater fallacy than the belief that aims and purposes are one thing, while methods and tactics are another.
-Emma Goldman, social activist (1869-1940)
...justified strength
Having been unable to strengthen justice, we have justified strength.
-Blaise Pascal, philosopher and mathematician (1623-1662)
Speed of the boss...
"I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team."
– Lee Iacocca
...until you refuse to
An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.
-Orlando Aloysius Battista, chemist and author (1917-1995)
become responsible...
And the fox said to the little prince: men have forgotten this truth, but you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (1900-1944)
-Antoine de Saint-Exupery, author and aviator (1900-1944)
Am I proud of me?
It's like, at the end, there's this surprise quiz: Am I proud of me? I gave my life to become the person I am right now. Was it worth what I paid?
-Richard Bach, writer (b. 23 Jun 1936)
Not to fear...
Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.
-Pearl S. Buck, Nobelist novelist (1892-1973)
5 Rules of Lean Management
1.When a problem (abnormality) arises, go to the gemba first.
2. Check the gembutsu ("relevant objects").
3. Take temporary countermeasures on the spot.
4. Find the root cause.
5. Standardize to prevent recurrence. ("Go")
2. Check the gembutsu ("relevant objects").
3. Take temporary countermeasures on the spot.
4. Find the root cause.
5. Standardize to prevent recurrence. ("Go")
Quality begins....
"Quality begins when everybody in the organization commits to never sending rejects or imperfect information to the next process."
,,,need for illusion
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.
-Saul Bellow, writer, Nobel laureate (1915-2005)
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