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Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then...do something. Don't just stand there, make...

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

Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand ther...

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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 w...

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

We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems.

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your en...

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Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward...

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

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

Chrysler builds great cars.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a g...

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If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love...

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I’ve always felt that a manager has achieved a great deal when he’s able to motivate one other perso...

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There comes a time when you've got to say "Let's get off our asses and go ..." I have always found ...

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We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

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

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up start ...

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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to ...

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We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.

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Lee Iacocca

Businessman

Born: 1924-10-15

Died: N/A

Lido Anthony "Lee" Iacocca (October 15, 1924 – July 2, 2019) was an American automobile executive best known for the development of the Ford Mustang and Ford Pinto cars while at the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, and for reviving the Chrysler as its CEO during the 1980s. He was president and CEO of Chrysler from 1978 and chairman from 1979, until his retirement at the end of 1992. He was one of the few executives to preside over the operations of two of the Big Three automakers.More