To gain profit is important, but you must invest to build up assets that you can cash in in the future.

There is no secret ingredient or hidden formula responsible for the success of the best Japanese companies.

The public does not know what is possible. We do.

From a management standpoint, it is very important to know how to unleash people's inborn creativity. My concept is that anybody has creative ability, but very few people know how to use it.

Once you have a staff of prepared, intelligent, and energetic people, the next step is to motivate them to be creative.

The important thing in my view is not to pin the blame for a mistake on somebody, but rather to find out what caused the mistake.

If we do our best and make efforts, a peaceful and great future will become ours without fail. Whether we succeed or not depends on the strength of our resolve and the amount of our endeavor.