Quotes by Lee Iacocca

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

— Lee Iacocca

Success

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

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Wisdom

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.

— Lee Iacocca

Success

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

— Lee Iacocca

Friendship

I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

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Wisdom

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up, start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.

— Lee Iacocca

Education

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

— Lee Iacocca

Life

You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

— Lee Iacocca

Education

The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

— Lee Iacocca

Wisdom

I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.

— Lee Iacocca

Truth

To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.

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Wisdom

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

— Lee Iacocca

Life

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

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Wisdom

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

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Wisdom

The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better.

— Lee Iacocca

Success

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

— Lee Iacocca

Education