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

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" In times of great stress or adversity, it's always best to keep busy, to plow your anger and your energy into something positive. "

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

" 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. "

" Decisiveness is the one word that makes a good manager. "

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

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

" We are continually faced by great opportunities brilliantly disguised as insoluble problems. "

" 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? "

" 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. "

" Apply yourself. Get all the education you can, but then, by God, do something. Don't just stand there, make it happen. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" In a corporation, there can only be one guy in the end: the CEO. "

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

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

" The ability to concentrate and to use time well is everything. "

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

" Trouble shared is trouble halved. "

" 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 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. "

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

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

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