“I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Talk to people in their own language.” ― Lee Iacocca
“What is it that you like doing? If you don’t like it, get out of it, because you’ll be lousy at it.” ― 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
“The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.” ― 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 less because passing civilization along from generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.” ― Lee Iacocca
“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 soon as it is better.” ― Lee Iacocca
“To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.” ― Lee Iacocca
“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
“When the product is right, you don’t have to be a great marketer.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Something useful is always born out of happiness.” ― Lee Iacocca
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” ― Lee Iacocca
“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
“The one manager that makes a good manager – decisiveness.” ― 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
“You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” ― Lee Iacocca
“The right decision is the wrong decision if it’s made too late.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Being honest is the best technique.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Pick good people and set the right priorities.” ― Lee Iacocca
“The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.” ― Lee Iacocca
“There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.” ― 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
“The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.” ― Lee Iacocca
“The trick is to make sure you don’t die waiting for prosperity to come.” ― Lee Iacocca
“How to gain, how to keep, how to recover happiness is in fact for most men at all times the secret motive of all they do, and of all they are willing to endure.” ― Lee Iacocca
“There’s no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It’s that simple.” ― Lee Iacocca
“You can have brilliant ideas but if you can’t get them across, your ideas won’t get you anywhere.” ― Lee Iacocca
“I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Get all the education you can, but then by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people.” ― Lee Iacocca
“The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Formal learning can teach you a great deal but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.” ― Lee Iacocca
“What is it that you like doing? If you don’t like it, get out of it because you’ll be lousy at it. You don’t have to stay with a job for the rest of your life because if you don’t like it you’ll never be successful in it.” ― Lee Iacocca
“To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.” ― Lee Iacocca
“As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks – those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.” ― 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
“Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk.” ― Lee Iacocca
“Listening can make the difference between a mediocre organization and a great one.” ― Lee Iacocca
“The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.” ― Lee Iacocca
