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.”

“Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen.”

“A guy named Charlie Beacham was my first mentor at Ford. He taught me the importance of the dealers, and he rubbed my nose in the retail business.”

“What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“I’ve always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when he’s able to motivate one other person. When it comes to making the place run, motivation is everything. You might be able to 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.”

“I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.”

“Chrysler builds great cars.”

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