Lee Iacocca
United States
Born on 15 Oct 1924
Businessman
Born on 15 Oct 1924
Businessman
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The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach.
One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt.
Remark (1973)
Motivation is everything. You can do the work of two people, but you can't be two people. Instead, you have to inspire the next guy down the line and get him to inspire his people.
To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.
Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.
The thing that lies at the foundation of positive change, the way I see it, is service to a fellow human being.
In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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