Martin Svoboda

“Give a girl the right shoes and she can conquer the world.”

Marylin Monroe

“As you get older three things happen. The first is your memory goes, and I can’t remember the other two.”

Norman Wisdom (1915–2010) English actor, comedian and singer-songwriter

“Be open minded, but not so open minded that your brains fall out.”

Groucho Marx (1890–1977) American comedian

“Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its brevity.”

Jean de La Bruyère (1645–1696) 17th-century French writer and philosopher

“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.”

Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays

“When they go low, we go high.”

Michelle Obama (1964) lawyer, writer, wife of Barack Obama and former First Lady of the United States

“The Kaizen Philosophy assumes that our way of life - be it our working life, our social life, or our home life - deserves to be constantly improved.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Where there is no standard, there can be no improvement. For these reasons, standards are the basis for both maintenance and improvement.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“The starting point for improvement is to recognize the need.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Don’t wait for the perfect solution.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Ask “why” five times.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“When you solve one problem, you will see ten more.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Seek the wisdom of ten people rather than the knowledge of one.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Be present with your co-workers and staff.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“All of management’s efforts for Kaizen boil down to two words: customer satisfaction.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Kaizen is everyday improvement, everybody improvement, everywhere improvement.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Japanese management practices succeed simply because they are good management practices.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Kaizen is like a hotbed that nurtures small and ongoing changes, while innovation is like magma that appears in abrupt eruptions from time to time.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant

“Kaizen means ongoing improvement involving everybody, without spending much money.”

Masaaki Imai (1930) Japanese business theorist and consultant