Quote

Business, after all, is nothing more than a bunch of human relationships.

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
Bunch
Relationships
Business
Human
Humans
Nothing

More quotes by Lee Iacocca

Image
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.
Lee Iacocca
Image
In the old days, if a neighbors apples fell into your yard, you worked it out over the back fence or picked them up and made pies. Today, you sue.
Lee Iacocca
Image
If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.
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
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
Image
I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it.
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
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 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 can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere.
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 you own up to your mistakes, you don't suffer as much. But that's a tough lesson to learn.
Lee Iacocca
Image
Life can be difficult for kids born with a gold spoon in their mouth, because they never really get to find out if they're able to work hard and make it on their own.
Lee Iacocca
Image
Greenmail, in case you're wondering, is when a company pays a raider a premium for his holdings-if he'll go away. What I think it really is is blackmail in a pin-striped suit.
Lee Iacocca
Image
The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.
Lee Iacocca
Image
The right decision is the wrong decision if it's made too late.
Lee Iacocca
Image
To solve big problems you have to be willing to do unpopular things.
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
There's no great mystery to satisfying your customers. Build them a quality product and treat them with respect. It's that simple.
Lee Iacocca
Image
The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen.
Lee Iacocca