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There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.

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Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
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Allentown
Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
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Leadership
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I was fortunate to get a scholarship when I went to Lehigh University and Princeton. They were both wonderful schools. Somebody was kind enough to spend their money to educate people that they would never get to know. That's what I think philanthropy is about.
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In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
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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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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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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.
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In a completely rational society, the best of us would aspire to be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something less, because passing civilization along from one generation to the next ought to be the highest honor and the highest responsibility anyone could have.
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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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Bad times are indelible. They stay with you forever.
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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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If your product is great, you yourself do not have to be a great seller.
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I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
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The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
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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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If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
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The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
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A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don't work well with their colleagues.
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