"We at Chrysler borrow money the old-fashioned way. We pay it back." ― Lee Iacocca Topic(s): Success More From Lee Iacocca "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." "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." More In Success "The decadent international but individualistic capitalism in the hands of which we found ourselves after the war is not a success. It is not intelligent. It is not beautiful. It is not just. It is not virtuous. And it doesn’t deliver the goods."― John Maynard Keynes "I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn’t think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine."― Hugh Laurie "Success is counted sweetest by those who never succeed."― Emily Dickinson