Quote

In the great undertakings, there is glory, even in failure.

Lee Iacocca

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Lee Iacocca
Age: 94 †
Born: 1924
Born: October 15
Died: 2019
Died: July 2
Autobiographer
Businessman
Businessperson
Diarist
Allentown
Pennsylvania
Lido Anthony Iacocca
Even
Undertakings
Glory
Failure
Great

More quotes by Lee Iacocca

Image
They're on you day and night. Their oversight is just too extreme [. . .] That's why our 10-year loan, we paid it back in three years. We couldn't stand the government. The bureaucracy kills you.
Lee Iacocca
Image
That's the American way. If little kids don't aspire to make money like I did, what the hell good is this country?
Lee Iacocca
Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
Lee Iacocca
Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.
Lee Iacocca
Image
If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got.
Lee Iacocca
Image
The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
Lee Iacocca
Image
If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
Lee Iacocca
Image
I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
Lee Iacocca
Image
The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.
Lee Iacocca
Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
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
Image
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
Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
They've got about as many lawyers as we have sumo-wrestlers.
Lee Iacocca
Image
The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness.
Lee Iacocca