In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. – Lee Iacocca
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. – Lee Iacocca
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. – Lee Iacocca
Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little. – 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. – Lee Iacocca
I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That’s a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. – Lee Iacocca
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family. – Lee Iacocca
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. – Lee Iacocca
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits. – Lee Iacocca
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 both of them are bankrupt. – Lee Iacocca
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. – 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 family, what have you really accomplished? – Lee Iacocca
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen. – Lee Iacocca
There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. – Lee Iacocca
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. – Lee Iacocca
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere. – Lee Iacocca
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. – Lee Iacocca
