Lee Iacocca Quotes
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.”
Effort: 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.
Teacher: 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.
Perseverance, Persistence: Lee Iacocca Quotes
Boys, there ain’t no free lunches in this country. And don’t go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.
Integrity: Lee Iacocca Quotes
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 what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
Determination: Lee Iacocca Quotes
I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.
Action: Lee Iacocca Quotes
If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, It’s decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
Time: Lee Iacocca Quotes
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.
Business: Lee Iacocca Quotes
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
Family: Lee Iacocca Quotes
My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life.
Family: Lee Iacocca Quotes
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 family, what have you really accomplished?
Business: Lee Iacocca Quotes
The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
Business: Lee Iacocca Quotes
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.
Business: Lee Iacocca Quotes
You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.
People say to me, You were a roaring success. How did you do it? I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make something happen.
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.
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. If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
People want economy and they’ll pay almost any price to get it.
When the product is right, you don’t have to be a great marketer.
The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.
The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they’re expected to do — they always reach.
I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It’s the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life.
The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
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 what you’re willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
The one word that makes a good manager — decisiveness.
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
The trick is to make sure you don’t die waiting for prosperity to come.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.
Boys, there ain’t no free lunches in this country. And don’t go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the raw deals. You’ve got to say, I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it. It’s called perseverance.
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.
· “The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.”
· “We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.”
· “In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.”
· “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 line and get him to inspire his people.”
· “Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can’t miss.”
· “The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.”
· “My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life.”
· “Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.”
· “Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they’ll say, ‘God, he said exactly what I was thinking.’ And when they begin to respect you, they’ll follow you to the death.”
· “I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team”
· “People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.”
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