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"41 Lee Iacocca Quotes & Sayings

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Born: 15 October 1924. Died: 2 July 2019 | Business Executive |

The only mistake I ever made was not listening to my gut.

Mistake Listening I Ever
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

Family Institution Know Only
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I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
Brighter Get Hire Me
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We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

Air Ask Clean Clean Air
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My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

Always Die Father Five
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One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.

Anything Bankrupt Both Government
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People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

Any Economy Get Pay
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

Back Borrow Chrysler Money
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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
Accurate Business Know Know Yourself
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Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Shared Trouble Is Halved
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The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.

Affections Cannot Fallen Lightning
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The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind.

Alter Altering Attitudes Beings
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

Best Else Rational Rest
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.

Across Anywhere Brilliant Get
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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

Brilliantly Continually Disguised Faced
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The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

Ability Concentrate Everything Time
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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.

Give Good Got Important
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In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.

Adversity Always Anger Best
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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?

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

Apply Education Get God
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Discipline Down First First Step
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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.

Always Beaver Eager Expected
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The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.
Boss Speed Team Of
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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.

Accomplish Being Being Honest Best
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
Management More Motivating Nothing
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The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

Come Die Make Prosperity
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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.

Begin Death Exactly Exactly What
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In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

Business End In The End Operations
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The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.

Decisiveness Good Good Manager Makes
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Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

Around Business Every Get
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.

About Forgot Friendly Hands
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Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little.

Any Attempt Deal His
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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.

Best Big Boy Dog
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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.

Better Businessman Good Holds
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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.

Communicate Effectively Employees Good
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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.

Down Everything Get Guy
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To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.
Decide Priorities Set Stand
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I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford.

After Canned Chrysler Five
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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.

Able Because Changed Changing
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In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO.

CEO Corporation End Guy
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