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If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.


W. Edwards Deming

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FLORA EDWARDS What we gave, we have; What we spent, we had; What we left, we lost.
TRYON EDWARDS Some men are born old, and some men never seem so. If we keep well and cheerful, we are always young...
TRYON EDWARDS Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some nev...
TRYON EDWARDS Doubt, indulged and cherished, is in danger of becoming denial; but if honest, and bent on thorough ...
TRYON EDWARDS Most of our censure of others is only oblique praise of self, uttered to show the wisdom and superio...
TRYON EDWARDS Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, i...
TRYON EDWARDS Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
TRYON EDWARDS Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it ...
TRYON EDWARDS To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.
TRYON EDWARDS Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide charac...
TRYON EDWARDS