Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca
Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacoccais an American automobile executive best known for spearheading the development of Ford Mustang and Pinto cars, while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and then later for reviving the Chrysler Corporation as its CEO during the 1980s. He served as President and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and additionally as chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth15 October 1924
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
The ability to concentrate and to use your time well is everything if you want to succeed in business--or almost anywhere else for that matter.
We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.
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.
The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.
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.
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.
Be creative. Use unconventional thinking. And have the guts to carry it out.
If we screw it up, start over. Try something else.