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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
Lee Iacocca
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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
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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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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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MBAs know everything but understand nothing.
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The great issues facing us today are not Republican issues or Democratic issues. The political parties can debate the means, but both parties must embrace the end objective, which is to make America great again.
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My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.
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I only wish I could find an institute that teaches people how to listen. Business people need to listen at least as much as they need to talk. Too many people fail to realize that real communication goes in both directions.
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The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
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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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Over the years, many executives have said to me with pride: 'Boy, I worked so hard last year that I didn't take any vacation.' I always feel like responding, You dummy. You mean to tell me you can take responsibility for an eighty-million-dollar project and you can't plan two weeks out of the year to have some fun?
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In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
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Never rest on your oars as a boss. If you do, the whole company starts sinking.
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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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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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