32 Quotes By Lee Iacocca


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

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

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

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 on love

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

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
Lee Iacocca on positive

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 on positive

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 on respect

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 on society

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 on teacher

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
Lee Iacocca on work

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 on work