Soichiro Honda
Soichiro Honda
Soichiro Hondawas a Japanese engineer and industrialist. In 1948, he established Honda and oversaw its expansion from a wooden shack manufacturing bicycle motors to a multinational automobile and motorcycle manufacturer...
NationalityJapanese
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth17 November 1906
CountryJapan
Soichiro Honda quotes about
challenges doing-nothing avoiding
Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing
chasing driven found hard move understand
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.
90% of success is failure.
inspirational ninety-nine percent
Success is ninety-nine percent failure.
love family happiness
Man is not interesting without some imperfection
sacrifice people individual
Each individual should work for himself. People will not sacrifice themselves for the company. They come to work at the company to enjoy themselves.
real lying skills
Real happiness lies in the completion of work using your own brains and skills.
inspirational funny life
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.
dream failure people
Many people dream of success. To me, success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection.
inspiring success failure
Success represents the 1% of your work which results from the 99% that is called failure.
people remember outstanding
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.
dream stop-dreaming dies
The day I stop dreaming is the day I die.
expression ideas essentials
Enjoying your work is essential. If your work becomes an expression of your own ideas, you will surely enjoy it.
soul value-of-life has-beens
The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred.