Famous Quotes by American Executive Lee Iacocca

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

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

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

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.

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

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

Every business and every product has risks. You can’t get around it.

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

A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.

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

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

No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family what have you really accomplished?

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

One of the things the government can’t do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads and both of them are bankrupt.

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

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

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

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

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

No matter what you’ve done for yourself or for humanity if you can’t look back on having given love and attention to your own family what have you really accomplished?

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

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

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

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

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

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

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.