Quotes by Philip Crosby

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  • Quality is the result of a carefully constructed cultural environment. It has to be the fabric of the organization, not part of the fabric.
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  • Very few of the great leaders ever get through their careers without failing, sometimes dramatically.
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  • Being convinced one knows the whole story is the surest way to fail.
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  • In a true zero-defects approach, there are no unimportant items.
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  • Change should be a friend. It should happen by plan, not by accident.
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  • Slowness to change usually means fear of the new.
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  • Successful people breed success.
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  • Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.
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  • You don't have to be noisy to be effective.
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  • Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.
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  • If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow.
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  • Quality has to be caused, not controlled.
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  • A rule to live by: I won't use anything I can't explain in five minutes.
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  • Just being honest is not enough. The essential ingredient is executive integrity.
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  • Selecting the right person for the right job is the largest part of coaching.
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  • The great discoveries are usually obvious.
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  • We can spend our whole lives underachieving.
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  • You have to lead people gently toward what they already know is right.
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