Quotes by Lee Iacocca

About Lee Iacocca:

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca is an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He served as President and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992.
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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

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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 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.

Lee Iacocca

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.

Lee Iacocca

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Lee Iacocca

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

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The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

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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

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Lee Iacocca

The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

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I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

Lee Iacocca

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

Lee Iacocca

Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.

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To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.

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The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

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The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

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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.

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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

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Author Bio

  • NameLee Iacocca
  • DescriptionAmerican businessman
  • BornOctober 15, 1924
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionManager; Businessperson