J M Juran Quotes & Sayings

Ride with the hands of a lady, the trust of a child, the posture of a king and the manners of a gentleman. — Annette Kinnear

Observing many companies in action, I am unable to point to a single instance in which stunning results were gotten without the active and personal leadership of the upper managers. — Joseph M. Juran

Goal setting has traditionally been based on past performance. This practice has tended to perpetuate the sins of the past. — Joseph M. Juran

The truth was, Dorian had always been more interested in being known as good than in simply being good — Brent Weeks

If you see yourself in a favorable light, if your image of yourself is pleasant, if this visual concept of yourself cannot be shaken by temporary defeats, then you have reached the goal achieved by the most fortunate. Not everyone reaches this mental state; in fact, many people do not even believe it is possible. Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the inner-harmony we desire. This type of awareness is not an accident, it comes from study and an understanding that we are truly creative. — Bob Proctor

Quality planning consists of developing the products and processes required to meet customer's needs — Joseph M. Juran

Pareto's Principle: you generally spend 80% of your time on 20% of the project. — Joseph M. Juran

All improvement happens project by project and in no other way. — Joseph M. Juran

Without a standard there is no logical basis for making a decision or taking action. — Joseph M. Juran

You are a god in the company of gods and must conduct yourself accordingly. — Wallace D. Wattles

Since we must eat to live, we might as well do it with both grace and gusto. — M.F.K. Fisher

You lit into me last night. You said what I did was stupid.
- That's what my head said. But my heart ... My stupid heart ... Her voice broke. It was singing. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips

You are in the world, but not to be tied to the world. — Jim George

Plain Kate greased her boots and bandaged her feet, and soon she would walk like a Roamer born. She helped Drina with the water and the wood, and in the long, wet evenings she carved objarka burji.
Plain Kate carved fast and learned slowly. She was bewildered most of the time, but Daj called her mira again, and when she asked Drina what it meant, the girl replied, "It means she likes you. It means your family."
Family.
It could have kept her walking for a hundred miles. And she did walk far. — Erin Bow

The paradox, though, was already evident: that the more solidly the foundations of an English state were cemented together, so the harder did it become to present the island as a single realm. Seen in this light, Athelstan's conquest of York, the feat which had first served to project the power of the West Saxon monarchy deep into the north of Britain, can be seen as the decisive event in the making of Scotland as well as of England. There — Tom Holland

For many phenomena, 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes. — Joseph M. Juran

Ministers by their calling are friends of the Bride, and to bring Christ and his Spouse together, and therefore ought, upon all good occasions, to lay open all the excellencies of Christ, — Richard Sibbes

Technology is our new mythos. There's magic in some of it, undeniably. — Christian Rudder

You may not believe in life, but I don't believe in death. Move on! — Yann Martel

A zen couch potato is a person who contemplates the nature of televised existence. — Richard Helms

A good rule in organizational analysis is that no meeting of the minds is really reached until we talk of specific actions or decisions. We can talk of who is responsible for budgets, or inventory, or quality, but little is settled. It is only when we get down to the action words-measure, compute, prepare, check, endorse, recommend, approve-that we can make clear who is to do what. — Joseph M. Juran

Every successful quality revolution has included the participation of upper management. We know of no exceptions. — Joseph M. Juran

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. — Saul Bellow

What I want to do has no end, since I am on the endless frontier of a branch of knowledge. — Joseph M. Juran

A graveyard is not normally a democracy, and yet death is the great democracy, — Neil Gaiman

It is most important that top management be quality-minded. In the absence of sincere manifestation of interest at the top, little will happen below. — Joseph M. Juran