My father served the State by investing a weaving machine. He told me to make automobiles. It is difficult to create an automobile industry. - Kiichirō Toyoda

[The Japanese auto industry should] catch up with America in three years. Otherwise the Japanese auto industry will never stand on its own.

Japan has a lot of engineers who work at desks. When it comes to implementation, though, they lose confidence and haven't got the courage of their convictions when other people criticize them. Engineers like that can't build cars. Success in this industry demands engineers who have the courage and the decisiveness to implement ideas.

Before you say you can't do something, try it.