25 Quotes to Inspire Quality And Success – Pro QC Blog

Some of our more popular newsletter and blog posts include quality quotes.  We’re always looking to add to our collection.

The 15 quotes below are our most recent inspiration:

• “Be passionate about solving the problem, not proving your solution.” ~Nathan Furr
• “The starting point of all achievement is desire.” ~Napoleon Hill
• “A bad workman blames his tools.” ~Chinese Proverb
• “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
• “The most dangerous kind of waste is the waste we do not recognize.” ~Shigeo Shingo
• “Every action is an opportunity to improve.” ~Mark Graban
• “If a thing’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well.” ~Chinese Proverb
• “More business is lost every year through neglect than through any other cause.” ~Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy
• “Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing… layout, processes, and procedures.” ~Tom Peters
• “If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” ~Albert Einstein
• “A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.” ~Tony Robbins
• “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” ~Robert Collier
• “In every crisis, there is opportunity.” ~Chinese Proverb
• “Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly and get on with improving your other innovations.” ~Steve Jobs
• “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” ~Thomas A. Edison

Our Top 10 quality quotes include:

• “It is not necessary to change.  Survival is not mandatory.” ~W. Edwards Deming
• “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” ~Peter Drucker
• “Quality is not act.  It is a habit.” ~Aristotle
• “Do or do not… there is no try.” ~Yoda
• “Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.” ~William A. Foster
• “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different outcomes.” – Einstein
• “Quality is more important than quantity. One home run is much better than two doubles.” – Steve Jobs
• “Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.” ~Henry Ford
• “Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.” ~Steve Jobs
• “Anything worth doing is worth doing right the first time.” ~Unknown

For additional quotes related to quality, refer to the links below and our blog page:

Newsletter Collection – Quality Quotes of the Quarter (2007-2012)

Quality Quotes, Helio Gomes (Book)