Soichiro Quotes & Sayings

I always see the light at the end of the tunnel before I enter the cave — Stanley Victor Paskavich

The lines are all imagined. — James Mercer

Real happiness lies in the completion of work using your own brains and skills. — Soichiro Honda

If Honda does not race, there is no Honda. — Soichiro Honda

Success is 99 percent failure

— Soichiro Honda

We only have one future, and it will be made of our dreams, if we have the courage to challenge convention. — Soichiro Honda

90% of success is failure. — Soichiro Honda

Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. — Soichiro Honda

If I lie about truth which you will know somehow later,
then you would call me a liar. But If you're willing to dig
further about truth that force me do it, then you would
understand my reason. But you wouldn't acknowledge it. — Toba Beta

I could not understand how it could move under its own power. And when it had driven past me, without even thinking why I found myself chasing it down the road, as hard as I could run. — Soichiro Honda

True love is deemed to be the most tender of our emotions, as even the blind and deaf know; but I know, what few believe, that true friendship is more tender still. — August Von Platen-Hallermunde

The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred. — Soichiro Honda

Man is not interesting without some imperfection — Soichiro Honda

There is a Japanese proverb that literally goes 'Raise the sail with your stronger hand', meaning you must go after the opportunities that arise in life that you are best equipped to do. — Soichiro Honda

Success is ninety-nine percent failure. — Soichiro Honda

What we learn through failure becomes a precious part of us, strengthening us in everything we do. So let the tough things make you tougher. — Soichiro Honda

It became clear that this man, although supposedly my enemy, was in fact just another human being, an ordinary person like myself. — Dalai Lama XIV

Enjoying your work is essential. If your work becomes an expression of your own ideas, you will surely enjoy it. — Soichiro Honda

Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing — Soichiro Honda

As one man explains, "A lot of us have done okay, but we don't want to lose what we've got, see it given away." When I ask him what he saw as being "given away," it was not public waters given to dumpers, or clean air give to smoke stacks. It was not health or years of life. It was not lost public sector jobs. What he felt was being given away was tax money to support non-working people and non-deserving people--and not just tax money, but honor too. — Arlie Russell Hochschild

Never let your failures go to your heart or your successes go to your head. — Soichiro Honda

If you hire only those people you understand, the company will never get people better than you are. Always remember that you often find outstanding people among those you don't particularly like. — Soichiro Honda

Each individual should work for himself. People will not sacrifice themselves for the company. They come to work at the company to enjoy themselves. — Soichiro Honda

The day I stop dreaming is the day I die. — Soichiro Honda

Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure. — Soichiro Honda