It is willingness of people to give of themselves over and above the demands of the job that distinguishes the great from the merely adequate.

Progress is obtained only by exploiting opportunities, not by solving problems. When you solve problems, all you do is guarantee a return to normalcy.

Knowledge has to be improved, challenged, and increased constantly, or it vanishes.

Follow effective action with quiet reflection.

If a business is to be considered a continuous process, instead of a series of disjointed stop-and-go events, then the economic universe in which a business operates-and all the major events within it-must have rhyme, rhythm, or reason.

Production is not the application of tools to materials, but logic to work.

Focus on opportunities, not problems.