Quotes by Lee Iacocca

“Ive always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when hes able to motivate one other person. When it comes to making the place run, motivation is everything. You might be able to do the wor...”

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

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

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

“We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems.”

“Management is nothing more than motivating other people.”

“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?”

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

“Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.”

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

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

“Trouble shared is trouble halved.”

“Chrysler builds great cars.”

“There comes a time when you've got to say "Let's get off our asses and go ..." I have always found that if I move with 75 percent or more of the facts I usually never regret it. It's the guys who ...”

“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 l...”

“If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.”

“The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.”

“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.”

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