Quotes by Lee Iacocca

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems.

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just dont sit there. If we screw it up start over. Try something else. If we wait until weve satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.

There comes a time when youve got to say Lets get off our asses and go ... I have always found that if I move with 75 percent or more of the facts I usually never regret it. Its the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.

If we wait until weve satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

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 cant miss.

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, theyll say, God, he said exactly what I was thinking. And when they begin to respect you, theyll follow you to the death.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

No matter what youve done for yourself or for humanity, if you cant look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

In times of great stress or adversity, its always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Every business and every product has risks. You cant get around it.

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Dont just stand there, make it happen.

I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

Chrysler builds great cars.

“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Dont just stand there, make it happen.”