Lee Iacocca Quotes About Business
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I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.
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In business, you're trying to make a buck. God was good to me and blessed me. I made some money and started this foundation years ago, and it has grown in size. With the foundation it's a lot different, because the bottom line isn't how you can make more money or get a better return, it's helping the projects that you feel strongly about move forward.
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If I had to sum up in a word what makes a good manager, I'd say decisiveness. You can use the fanciest computers to gather the numbers, but in the end you have to set a timetable and act.
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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.
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In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.
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Even a correct decision is wrong when it was taken too late.
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You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
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Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
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We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.
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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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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. You don't have to stay with a job for the rest of your life, because if you don't like it you'll never be successful in it.
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When the product is right, you don't have to be a great marketer.
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In business, I loved cars. I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. Only in America can you decide to get a good education and pursue what you like.
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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.
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People want economy, and they'll pay any price to get it.
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