Lee Iacocca

A goal properly set is halfway reached.

The world’s most deadly disease is hardening of the attitudes.

Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made courageous decision.

Go forth into the world and turn your hopes and dreams into action. America has always been the land of dreams because America is a nation of true believers.

lf you don’t think everyday is a great day, try going without one.

Let your mind wander in the pure and simple. Be one with the infinite. Let all things take their course.

The uniform, constant and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition … is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement, in spite both of the extravagance of government, and of the greatest errors of administration … surmounting a hundred impertinent obstructions with which the folly of human laws too often encumbers its operations.

Don’t argue for other people’s weaknesses. Don’t argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it – immediately.

I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.

Hold yourself to a higher standard than anybody else expects of you.

Confidence is going after Moby Dick in a rowboat and taking tartar sauce with you.

Only men of character are trusted.

Due diligence equals increasing your financial IQ daily.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.