A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn't sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
The cement in our whole democracy today is the worker who makes $ 15 an hour. He's the guy who will buy… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
If a guy is over 25 percent jerk, he's in trouble. And Henry was 95 percent. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you'll get… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
I'd really love to meet the guy I'm supposed to be. I'd hire him in a second. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.” — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got to grab… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
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… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out. — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
They're on you day and night. Their oversight is just too extreme [. . .] That's why our 10-year loan, we paid it back… — Lee Iacocca Copy Share Image
