225 Quotes by Lee Iacocca

Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

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.

Leadership means setting an example. When you find yourself in a position of leadership, people follow your every move.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

We load up on oat bran in the morning so we'll live forever. Then we spend the rest of the day living like there's no tomorrow.

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

I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers.

I've always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.