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

Quote by Lee Iacocca

Topics: Business Quotes, Change Quotes

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by...

The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by...

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God,...

Talk to people in their own language. If you do it well, they'll say, 'God,...

I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the...

I have always found that if I move with seventy-five percent or more of the...

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

Every business and every product has risks. You can't get around it.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

The trick is to make sure you don't die waiting for prosperity to come.

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the...

There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the...

People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I...

People say to me, ''You were a roaring success. How did you do it?'' I...

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager...

The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager...

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

I hire people brighter than me and then I get out of their way.

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

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

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow...

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

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

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

People want economy and they will pay any price to get it.

The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long...

The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long...

We are having to live with paying the price for what happened before.

We are having to live with paying the price for what happened before.

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

Government help to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a...

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...

Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy...