Soichiro Honda

thumb|Success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection... Soichiro Honda (本田宗一郎 Honda Sōichirō; 17 November 1906 – 5 August 1991) was a Japanese industrialist born in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan. He founded Honda Motor Company. Quotes Many people dream of success. To me success can only be achieved through repeated failure and introspection. In fact, success represents the 1% of your work which results only from the 99% that is called failure. As quoted in What Creates Jobs? (1989) by Paul Callister; also quoted in The Speed of Trust: The One Thing that Changes Everything (2008) by Stephen Covey We must tighten the nut! We are selling motorcycles not clothes! As quoted in "The Innovators" by W. Davis, in Managing Innovation by J. Henry and D. Walker (1999) Category:Businesspeople from Japan Category:Automotive engineers Category:Designers Category:1906 births Category:1991 deaths