Lee Iacocca

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

Lee Iacocca
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(29 votes)   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
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

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

Lee Iacocca
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(11 votes)   Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

Lee Iacocca
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(375 votes)   Boys, there ain't no free lunches in this country. And don't go spending your whole life commiserating that you got the 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.'' It's called perseverance.

Lee Iacocca
1924-, American Businessman, Former CEO of Chrysler

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(256 votes)   Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds; they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material

Lee Iacocca

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(107 votes)   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
1924-, American Businessman, Former CEO of Chrysler

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(91 votes)   People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I go back to what my parents taught me. Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make something happen.

Lee Iacocca
1924-, American Businessman, Former CEO of Chrysler

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(89 votes)   When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.

Lee Iacocca
1924-, American Businessman, Former CEO of Chrysler

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(50 votes)   My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

Lee Iacocca
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(43 votes)   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
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(41 votes)   The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything.

Lee Iacocca
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(40 votes)   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
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(38 votes)   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
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website

(37 votes)   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
American, Businessman Quotes

Rate this quote: (bad)<> (good)
copy to your blog, myspace, or website