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

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" Trouble shared is trouble halved. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Chrysler builds great cars. "

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

" 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? "

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

" We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need? "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" What is wrong with changing your mind because the facts changed? But you have to be able to say why you changed your mind and how the facts changed. "

" Management is nothing more than motivating other people. "

" 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. "

" If you want to make good use of your time, you've got to know what's most important and then give it all you've got. "

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

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

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

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