Lee Iacocca

Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.

— Lee Iacocca

MBAs know everything but understand nothing.

— Lee Iacocca

If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.

— Lee Iacocca

Chrysler builds great cars.

— Lee Iacocca

In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.

— Lee Iacocca

Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.

— Lee Iacocca

If you set a good example you need not worry about setting rules.

— Lee Iacocca

Get all the education you can then go out and do something - do anything.

— Lee Iacocca

Business, after all, is nothing more than a bunch of human relationships.

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

“Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and…

— Lee Iacocca

Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to…

— Lee Iacocca

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to…

— Lee Iacocca

A country's competitiveness starts not on the factory floor or in the engineering lab. It starts in the classroom.

— Lee Iacocca

What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed…

— Lee Iacocca

Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and…

— Lee Iacocca

My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to…

— Lee Iacocca

We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living…

— Lee Iacocca

“I’ve always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when he’s able to motivate one other person. When it comes…

— Lee Iacocca

I was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was…

— Lee Iacocca

Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take…

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

I've got to get stop getting fired like this. People will start to think I'm a drifter.

— Lee Iacocca

What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it.

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

You, my friend, alone are equal to a hundred of such friends. Happy Birthday to you.

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans.

— Lee Iacocca

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.

— Lee Iacocca

Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca

I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was…

— Lee Iacocca