Frederick W. Taylor

"The greatest discoveries come from systematic investigation."

"Fair treatment of workers is not charity but sound business practice."

"The leader who respects his people will be respected in return."

"Progress requires constant vigilance and continuous improvement."

"The true measure of success is the well-being of all stakeholders."

"Work without purpose is merely motion without progress."

"The principal object of a management should be to secure the maximum prosperity for the employer, coupled with the maximum prosperity for each employee."

"Soldiering is the greatest evil with which we are now afflicted."

"The worker's duty is to do what he is told to do, quickly and efficiently."

"There is no one best way to do a thing. There are always several ways, and the art lies in finding the best way for your particular circumstances."

"Science, in the future, will be applied to all of the acts of our daily life."

"The most important act of management is to define the work."

"Cooperation, not competition, should be the foundation of all business relations."

"An average first-class man will earn more with a great system than he will under the old system."

"The fundamental principles of scientific management are applicable to all kinds of human activities."

"Piece work has been the greatest incentive to industrial progress."

"The workman who is incapable of doing what is required has no right to the position."

"System is the soul of business."

"We are not going to ask the workman to do what is physically impossible."

"The management must take on new duties and responsibilities."

"The old style of management must give way to the new."

"Success is about systematizing what works."

"Inefficiency and waste are born of ignorance."

"The greatest obstacle to improvement is the resistance to change."

"A man will not do his best work unless he is assured of receiving a fair and proper return."

"The quality of work is inversely proportional to the time spent complaining about it."

"We must look to the science of management, not the art of guessing."

"Every action in industry can be reduced to its elements and studied."

"The duty of the employer is to organize and manage."

"Initiative and ingenuity are best developed through proper incentives."