There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper.
Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.
First-rate people hire first-rate people; second-rate people hire third-rate people.
My parents always told me that people will never know how long it takes you to do something. They will only know how well it is done.
Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for.
Quality is remembered long after the price is forgotten.
When you're out of quality you're out of business.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Some of us will do our jobs well and some will not, but we will be judged by only one thing - the result.
Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody's going to know whether you did it or not.
Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching.
It is the quality of our work which will please God and not the quantity.
Quality is free, but only to those who are willing to pay heavily for it.
It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
Professionalism means consistency of quality.
Quality, quality, quality: never waver from it, even when you don't see how you can afford to keep it up. When you compromise, you become a commodity and then you die.
Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design, manufacturing, layout, processes, and procedures.
The quality of an organization can never exceed the quality of the minds that make it up.
Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time.
Quality questions create a quality life. Successful people ask better questions, and as a result, they get better answers.
If you don’t do it excellently, don’t do it at all. Because if it’s not excellent, it won’t be profitable or fun, and if you’re not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.
The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their
chosen field of endeavor.
Good is not good, where better is expected.
It is a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it.
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.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.