More - Lee Iacocca Quotes

The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.

Lee Iacocca

 American Businessman Change Polish Activist

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.

Lee Iacocca

 American Businessman Government

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.

Lee Iacocca

 American Businessman Communication

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

Lee Iacocca

 Affection

Every little kid wants to grow up to be a cowboy, and I did.

Lee Iacocca

 

Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the past, but because it has always adapted to changing realities

Lee Iacocca

 Business

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

Lee Iacocca

 Adversity American Businessman

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

Lee Iacocca

 American Businessman Economy

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.

Lee Iacocca

 American Businessman God

When future historians look back on our way of curing inflation they'll probably compare it to bloodletting in the Middle Ages.

Lee Iacocca

 Future