Frederick W. Taylor

"The best investment in any enterprise is investment in its people."

"Progress is measured not in words but in results."

"A system is only as good as the men who operate it."

"The foundation of all success is the proper organization of effort."

"Understanding the nature of a problem is half the solution."

"The manager who sees his workers as partners will achieve partnership."

"Every moment saved is a moment gained for progress."

"The true measure of management is the improvement of the people managed."

"Order and system are the parents of all improvement."

"The worker who understands the purpose of his work will do it better."

"Scientific method applied to human endeavor produces extraordinary results."

"The best workers are those who understand their own value."

"Progress without a plan is merely activity."

"The manager's duty is to bring out the best in every man."

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

"Soldiering is the process of deliberately working slowly so as to avoid doing a full day's work."

"The worker's mind is too fatigued at the end of the day to absorb complex instructions effectively."

"Science is the great leveler in manufacturing; it removes guesswork and replaces it with certainty."

"A man's pay should be in proportion to his ability to produce value."

"The art of management is the art of getting maximum output with minimum effort."

"Most workers, if given the chance, would rather think than work."

"Inefficiency in work stems not from laziness but from poor system design."

"The stopwatch is an instrument of truth; it cannot lie about human capability."

"Workers are not machines, yet machines have taught us how to measure work."

"Every moment wasted in industry is a moment stolen from human progress."

"The man who cannot organize his work cannot organize his life."

"Tradition is the enemy of progress in any manufacturing endeavor."

"To know how much work a man can do, one must first know how much work a man should do."

"The function of management is to plan, organize, and control; the function of labor is to execute."

"Harmony between employer and employee is the foundation of prosperity."