Famous Quality Quotes

“There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.” —Aldous Huxley

Tools soon get rusty if they are left in the toolbox!
Ideas are useless unless used.

You may think you are good at fixing problems -but do you really solve them!

If the only tool you have is a hammer, it’s surprising how many things start looking like a nail!

If you don’t have time to solve problems, how come you always have time to do it wrong again!

Results come from doing the right things, not from doing the things right.

There can not be improvement without new ideas, and there can not be new ideas without the participation of all.

All things are difficult before they become easy.

Nothing dies faster than a new idea in a closed mind.

It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you will often get it.

What we want is - the 5 why’s not the 5 Who’s (to blame)!

What is the use of running when we are on the wrong side?
Direction is more important than speed.

The harder we try, the luckier we are.

Remember that improvement has no limits.

The worst thing a person can do is to ignore or cover up a problem.

Fix the process, not just the product.

Believe every thing can be improved .

If your organization stops improving - it starts falling!

It is better to learn from the experience of others.

Mistakes are the best teachers.

All problems are “treasures!”

There is always a better way!

Watch your thoughts; they become words.

Watch your words; they become actions.

Watch your actions; they become habits.

Watch your habits; they become character.

Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.

Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.

One gets a good rating for fighting a fire. The result is visible; can be quantified. If you do it right the first time, you are invisible. You satisfied the requirements. That is your job. mess it up, and correct is later, you become a hero. - Heard in a seminar

-Out of the Crisis (W.Edwards Deming)

Quality improvement is the responsibility of everyone at all levels in the company rather than those of quality departments only.