All Lee Iacocca Quotes
- Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen. Action
- The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being. Change
- Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy… Down
- The speed of the boss is the speed of the team. Boss
- One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and… Bankrupt
- 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.… Acting
- I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership. Forgot
- I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way. Brighter
- In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. All
- You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. Acceptance
- Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it. Business
- The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. Affection
- The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen. Action
- We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need? Air
- A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in… Business
- Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little. Any
- If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got. All
- We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back. Borrow
- The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as… Better
- The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness. Decision