--- title: "11 Life Quotes By Lee Iacocca" description: "11 Life quotes by Lee Iacocca. Plus more from Lee Iacocca and more Life sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/lee-iacocca-3170_deals_formal-learning-can-teach-you-a-great-de_544467.png" --- > [Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/formal-learning-can-teach-you-a-great-deal-but-many-of-the-essential/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/lee-iacocca-3170_deals_formal-learning-can-teach-you-a-great-de_544467.png) > [Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/mistakes-are-a-part-of-life-you-can-t-avoid-them-all-you-can-hope-is/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4dc/lee-iacocca-3170_art-of-life_mistakes-are-a-part-of-life-you-can-t-av_968356.png) > [My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/my-father-used-to-say-you-can-spend-a-lot-of-time-making-money-the/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/050/lee-iacocca-3170_charity_my-father-used-to-say-you-can-spend-a-lo_1001732.png) > [Life can be difficult for kids born with a gold spoon in their mouth, because they never really get to find out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/life-can-be-difficult-for-kids-born-with-a-gold-spoon-in-their-mouth/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6af/lee-iacocca-3170_able_life-can-be-difficult-for-kids-born-with_3215260.png) > [I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/i-m-still-not-sure-what-is-meant-by-good-fortune-and-success-i-know/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/313/lee-iacocca-3170_bird_i-m-still-not-sure-what-is-meant-by-good_1729466.png) > [My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/my-father-always-used-to-say-that-when-you-die-if-you-ve-got-five/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/756/lee-iacocca-3170_father_my-father-always-used-to-say-that-when-y_1662860.png) > [There are times in everyone's life when something constructive is born out of adversity... when things seem so bad that you've got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/there-are-times-in-everyone-s-life-when-something-constructive-is/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/lee-iacocca-3170_adversity_there-are-times-in-everyone-s-life-when_59722.png) > [As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/as-you-go-through-life-there-are-thousands-of-little-forks-in-the/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/572/lee-iacocca-3170_bigs_as-you-go-through-life-there-are-thousan_2560211.jpg) > [I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/i-learned-about-the-strength-you-can-get-from-a-close-family-life-i/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a63/lee-iacocca-3170_bad-time_i-learned-about-the-strength-you-can-get_2855093.png) > [What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/what-is-it-that-you-like-doing-if-you-don-t-like-it-get-out-of-it-2/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/593/lee-iacocca-3170_being-successful_what-is-it-that-you-like-doing-if-you-do_2657416.png) > [From what I've seen, you either get grounded in that kind of positive thinking early on in life or you don't. Establishing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/from-what-i-ve-seen-you-either-get-grounded-in-that-kind-of-positive/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b1b/lee-iacocca-3170_business-school_from-what-i-ve-seen-you-either-get-groun_1726108.jpg) ## Other authors on Life - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 2,086 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 1,901 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 1,045 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 893 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 659 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/frederick-lenz/) - [Lailah Gifty Akita 630 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lailah-gifty-akita/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 621 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-steve-maraboli-87325.jpg) Steve Maraboli 550 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/steve-maraboli/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-melchor-lim-61.jpg) Melchor Lim 538 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/melchor-lim/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 452 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-henry-david-thoreau-41473.jpg) Henry David Thoreau 432 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/henry-david-thoreau/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 430 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/ralph-waldo-emerson/) ## More by Lee Iacocca > [The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/the-right-decision-is-the-wrong-decision-if-it-s-made-too-late/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/apply-yourself-get-all-the-education-you-can-but-then-do-something/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/the-ability-to-concentrate-and-to-use-time-well-is-everything/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/there-are-times-in-everyone-s-life-when-something-constructive-is/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/in-a-completely-rational-society-the-best-of-us-would-be-teachers-and/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/it-was-emotional-when-chrysler-sold-out-to-the-germans/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/we-are-continually-faced-by-great-opportunities-brilliantly-disguised/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/the-greatest-discovery-of-my-generation-is-that-human-beings-can/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 your own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/no-matter-what-you-ve-done-for-yourself-or-for-humanity-if-you-can-t/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/be-creative-use-unconventional-thinking-and-have-the-guts-to-carry-it/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [ They're on you day and night. Their oversight is just too extreme \[. . .\] That's why our 10-year loan, we paid it back… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/they-re-on-you-day-and-night-their-oversight-is-just-too-extreme-that/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/i-hire-people-brighter-than-me-and-then-i-get-out-of-their-way/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/i-have-found-that-being-honest-is-the-best-technique-i-can-use-right/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/your-legacy-should-be-that-you-made-it-better-than-it-was-when-you/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) > [Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/never-rest-on-your-oars-as-a-boss-if-you-do-the-whole-company-starts/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/lee-iacocca/#itemlist", "name": "11 Life Quotes By Lee Iacocca", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Lee Iacocca" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/formal-learning-can-teach-you-a-great-deal-but-many-of-the-essential/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/lee-iacocca-3170_deals_formal-learning-can-teach-you-a-great-de_544467.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/lee-iacocca-3170_deals_formal-learning-can-teach-you-a-great-de_544467.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f42/lee-iacocca-3170_deals_formal-learning-can-teach-you-a-great-de_544467.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have…” — Lee Iacocca", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. 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