Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then…do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.
My father always used to say that when you die, if you’ve got five real friends, then you’ve had a great life.
In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluable problems.
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.
If we wait until we’ve satisfied all the uncertainties it may be too late.
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.
The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything.
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.
In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.
There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men.
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.
Management is nothing more than motivating other people.
The only rock I know that stays steady, the only institution I know that works, is the family.
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?
In times of great stress or adversity, it’s always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive.
Every business and every product has risks. You can’t get around it.
Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don’t just stand there, make it happen.
I forgot to shake hands and be friendly. It was an important lesson about leadership.
We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back.
We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems.