Lee Iacocca Quotes

"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

"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 in Motivation quotes.

"If I had to sum up in one word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act."
-Lee Iacocca

"You've got to say, ''I think that if I keep working at this and want it badly enough I can have it.'' It's called perseverance."
-Lee Iacocca

"Management is nothing more than motivating other people."
-Lee Iacocca in Leadership quotes.

"The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen."
-Lee Iacocca in Affection quotes.

"There ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got raw deals. You've got to say, 'I think that if I keep working at this and want it bad enough I can have it.'"
-Lee Iacocca

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

"The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything."
-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

"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