Saburo Momoki was appointed President in 1939 at a time of war. Saburo continued to fight with all of his might to not lose the independence of management as the controlled economy was growing stronger. These words describe how he valued humanity over technical training.

Shuichi Sugihara was an aeronautical engineer who joined Toyo Toki after the war and was assigned to the Fitting Department. Shuichi launched a manifesto for junior employees that stated, "Talking about eccentric ideas is important. First, someone disruptive is necessary."

1976 brought the announcement of the third Five Year Plan during an ongoing downturn caused by the oil shock. President Hayato Kurokawa spoke these words to transition the ideas of employees to a new direction and promote action.

President Katsuji Yamada indicated the severity of competition in new product development in the industry with these words in the special edition of Toyu internal corporate magazine in 1984. This required cooperation between sales, development, and manufacturing.

TOTO was on the verge of a management crisis due to a labor dispute that lasted for 100 days just after the end of the war in 1948. Routes for cooperation between labor and management, which were learned from this experience, were forged as the basic philosophy under President Hiroshi Shirakawa.

These words promoted and expanded Total Quality Control (TQC) throughout the entire company after being awarded the Deming Prize. Yoshine Koga strengthened the corporate structure toward achieving a corporate philosophy.