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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" The one word that makes a good manager - decisiveness. "

" I guess I invented extended warranties, because that's all we had to sell at Chrysler in those days. "

" To succeed today, you have to set priorities, decide what you stand for. "

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

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

" There is no substitute for accurate knowledge. Know yourself, know your business, know your men. "

" I always go back to Harry Truman: Should we drop an atomic bomb to save 100,000 lives? That's a hell of a decision to make. Did he make that decision by himself? No, he had advisers. "

" 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. "

" It was emotional when Chrysler sold out to the Germans. "

" I guess that's one achievement I'm really proud of. Saving Chrysler was more than jobs, more than shareholder value. Saving Chrysler was a good idea for the whole country. "

" The most successful businessman is the man who holds onto the old just as long as it is good, and grabs the new just as soon as it is better. "

" Chrysler invented rebates, I'm sorry to say. I didn't have anything to do with that. A lot of flaky deals were made in order to give the customer enough cash for a down payment. "

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

" You can have brilliant ideas, but if you can't get them across, your ideas won't get you anywhere. "

" One of the things the government can't do is run anything. The only things our government runs are the post office and the railroads, and both of them are bankrupt. "

" Management is nothing more than motivating other people. "

" I was at Ford for 32 years. I went to Chrysler in 1978, four or five months after I got canned by Henry Ford. "

" There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog, waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there. "

" Trouble shared is trouble halved. "

" The affections are like lightning: you cannot tell where they will strike till they have fallen. "

" I have found that being honest is the best technique I can use. Right up front, tell people what you're trying to accomplish and what you're willing to sacrifice to accomplish it. "

" Chrysler builds great cars. "

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

" The kind of people I look for to fill top management spots are the eager beavers, the mavericks. These are the guys who try to do more than they're expected to do - they always reach. "

" Any supervisor worth his salt would rather deal with people who attempt too much than with those who try too little. "

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