Lee Iacocca

A major reason capable people fail to advance is that they don’t work well with their colleagues.

Lee Iacocca

As you go through life, there are thousands of little forks in the road, and there are a few really big forks – those moments of reckoning, moments of truth.

Lee Iacocca

Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

Lee Iacocca

I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the facts that I usually never regret it. It’s the guys who wait to have everything perfect that drive you crazy.

Lee Iacocca

I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.

Lee Iacocca

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.

Lee Iacocca

I’ve always found that the speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

Lee Iacocca

If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties, it may be too late.

Lee Iacocca

If you make believe that ten guys in pin-striped suits are back in a kindergarten class playing with building blocks, you’ll get a rough picture of what life in a corporation is like.

Lee Iacocca

Incompetency begets incompetency. The last thing a guy who isn’t sure of himself wants is a guy backing him up who is sure of himself.

Lee Iacocca