Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

— Lee Iacocca

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

— Lee Iacocca

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?

— Lee Iacocca

So what do we do? Anything. Something. So long as we just don't sit there. If we screw it up start over. Try something else. If we wait until we've satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.

— Lee Iacocca

Start with good people, lay out the rules, communicate with your employees, motivate them and reward them. If you do all those things effectively, you can't miss.

— Lee Iacocca

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

The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.

— Lee Iacocca

The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.

— Lee Iacocca

There comes a time when you've got to say "Let's get off our asses and go ..." I have always found that if I move with 75 percent or more of the facts I usually never regret it. It's the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.

— Lee Iacocca

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

— Lee Iacocca