Since we do not take a man on his past history, we do not refuse him because of his past history. I never met a man who was thoroughly bad. There is always some good in him if he gets a chance.

The longer an article is in the process of manufacture and the more it is moved about, the greater its ultimate cost.

Time waste differs from material waste in that there can be no salvage. The easiest of all wastes and the hardest to correct is the waste of time, because wasted time does not litter the floor like wasted material.

If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.

Improved productivity means less human sweat, not more.

Every piece of work in the shops moves. Save 10 steps a day for each of the 12,000 employees, and you will have saved 50 miles of wasted motion and misspent energy.

Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.