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.
LEE IACOCCAApply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.
More Lee Iacocca Quotes
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What is it that you like doing? If you don’t like it, get out of it, because you’ll be lousy at it.
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A good deal is a state of mind.
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As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks-those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.
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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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I guess that’s one achievement I’m really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country.
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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If you own up to your mistakes, you don’t suffer as much. But that’s a tough lesson to learn.
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There’s no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It’s that simple.
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There’s a billboard in a little farm town in the Midwest that says: IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT FARMERS, DON’T TALK WITH YOUR MOUTH FULL.
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Are we going to be a services power? The double-cheeseburger-hold-the-mayo kings of the world?
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I’d really love to meet the guy I’m supposed to be. I’d hire him in a second.
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Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.
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The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
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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.
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Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.
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