F. W. de Klerk Quotes

One must strike the right balance between speed and quality.

Done is better than perfect!

I don't understand why people in this country are so bent on doing the 'perfect', when you have something that is good and makes sense from a cost-benefit point of view.

I do have to pick my priorities. Nobody can do everything.

Practice quality, and you get better at quality. But quality takes time, so by working solely on quality, you end up losing something else that's important - speed.

I think the biggest problem we have is taking too long over things. Not in terms of getting it right, but sometimes we do things quickly that are really good.

The best is the enemy of the good.

Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything.

You have to make a decision whether it's a new product or you integrate it with an existing product. It takes time to work these things out.

In every business, in every industry, management does matter.

When you hurry you're more apt to make mistakes. But you have to be quick. If you're not quick you can't get things done.

In all human affairs one notices, if one examines them closely, that it is impossible to remove one inconvenience without another emerging.

Change is realized by men who take the next step; not those who theorize about the 20th step.

There is a cost to every decision, and whether or not you impose a public health order has costs to industry and the public.

It is always better to be inefficient and correct than to be incorrect and efficient.

When you're on set, and that clock is going, every second you spend doing something is a second you spend not doing something else. That's true of all of life, but it's very vivid on a film set because you're always managing that.

Yes, it's important to make things great, and you can certainly do this by upgrading over time, but good and profitable is better than perfect and never done.

The speed of decision making is the essence of good governance.

He needs both patience and speed.

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

We value the clock for its speed and efficiency. The clock has its place, efficiency has its place, after effectiveness. The symbol of effectiveness is the compass a sense of direction, purpose, vision, perspective, and balance. But the empowerment process itself is not efficient.

Industriousness and conscientiousness are often at odds, because industriousness wants to pick the still sour fruit from the tree,while conscientiousness lets it hang there too long, until it falls and bruises.

What is done well is done quickly enough.

If testing costs more than not testing, then don't test.

By trying to do too much, you risk not doing enough.