--- title: "15 Time Quotes By Lee Iacocca" description: "15 Time quotes by Lee Iacocca. Plus more from Lee Iacocca and more Time sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/lee-iacocca-3170_bad-time_bad-times-are-indelible-they-stay-with-y_445065.png" --- > [Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/bad-times-are-indelible-they-stay-with-you-forever/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ed/lee-iacocca-3170_bad-time_bad-times-are-indelible-they-stay-with-y_445065.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/lee-iacocca-3170_ability_the-ability-to-concentrate-and-to-use-ti_50217.png) > [Thanks to properly selecting the clients you will not be unnecessarily wasting time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/thanks-to-properly-selecting-the-clients-you-will-not-be/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/lee-iacocca-3170_clients_thanks-to-properly-selecting-the-clients_1719006.png) > [It's a good thing god doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/it-s-a-good-thing-god-doesn-t-let-you-look-a-year-or-two-into-the/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fbe/lee-iacocca-3170_good-thing_it-s-a-good-thing-god-doesn-t-let-you-lo_1861753.png) > [The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/the-ability-to-concentrate-and-to-use-your-time-well-is-everything-if/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/lee-iacocca-3170_ability_the-ability-to-concentrate-and-to-use-yo_1500412.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) > [There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/there-are-times-when-even-the-best-manager-is-like-the-little-boy/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e5/lee-iacocca-3170_animal_there-are-times-when-even-the-best-manag_1627986.png) > [In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/in-times-of-great-stress-or-adversity-it-s-always-best-to-keep-busy/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d5e/lee-iacocca-3170_adversity_in-times-of-great-stress-or-adversity-it_1545708.png) > [If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/if-you-want-to-make-good-use-of-your-time-you-ve-got-to-know-what-s/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/240/lee-iacocca-3170_important_if-you-want-to-make-good-use-of-your-tim_2350553.png) > [Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the past, but because it has always adapted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/why-is-our-free-enterprise-system-so-strong-not-because-it-stands/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/lee-iacocca-3170_adapted_why-is-our-free-enterprise-system-so-str_1057830.png) > [Most people are looking for security, a nice, safe, prosperous future. And there's nothing wrong with that. It's called the American Dream.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/most-people-are-looking-for-security-a-nice-safe-prosperous-future/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/420/lee-iacocca-3170_america_most-people-are-looking-for-security-a-n_3201597.png) > [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) > [In times of great stress or adversity, its always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lee-iacocca/in-times-of-great-stress-or-adversity-its-always-best-to-keep-busy-to/) [Lee Iacocca](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lee-iacocca/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/lee-iacocca-3170_anger_in-times-of-great-stress-or-adversity-it_444290.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) ## Other authors on Time - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sunday-adelaja-87912.jpg) Sunday Adelaja 1,532 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/sunday-adelaja/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-ritu-ghatourey-5.jpg) Ritu Ghatourey 437 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/ritu-ghatourey/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-nishan-panwar-14.jpg) Nishan Panwar 409 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/nishan-panwar/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-paulo-coelho-74345.jpg) Paulo Coelho 398 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/paulo-coelho/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-frederick-lenz-36205.jpg) Frederick Lenz 355 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/frederick-lenz/) - [Jarod Kintz 339 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/jarod-kintz/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-haruki-murakami-40784.jpg) Haruki Murakami 308 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/haruki-murakami/) - [Mehmet Murat ildan 302 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/mehmet-murat-ildan/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-eckhart-tolle-31242.jpg) Eckhart Tolle 291 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/eckhart-tolle/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 272 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b001/author-anurag-prakash-ray-38.jpg) Anurag Prakash Ray 263 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/anurag-prakash-ray/) - [Ralph Waldo Emerson 257 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/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/time/lee-iacocca/#itemlist", "name": "15 Time Quotes By Lee Iacocca", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bad times are indelible. 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