Lee Iacocca Quotes

Formal learning can teach you a great deal, but many of the essential skills in life are the ones you have to develop on your own.

Kids make their mark in life by doing what they can do, not what they can't... School is important, but life is more important. Being happy is using your skills productively, no matter what they are.

You build your mind, so make it into something you want to live with.

I've done a lot of self-improvement. I'm always working on being a better person.

The thing is, we live in a contemporary world, and being able to make yourself the best person you can possible be can be difficult. But as long as you're trying to figure it out, and you're really looking in the right direction, everything's going to be all right.

Many people, in their attempt to build a successful life, forget there are tools to help them.

I just want to continue to build mentally to push forward even on the good days and bad days.

I don't let a day go where I'm not doing something that enhances me or allows me to sit up here and keep my spirits going.

I'm learning skills I will use for the rest of my life by doing homework...procrastinating and negotiation.

When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know that you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited.

I believe you can train yourself to become a positive thinker, but you must cultivate a desire to develop the skill of setting personal worthy and realistic goals. I am so thoroughly convinced that if we don’t set goals in our life and learn how to master the technique of living to reach our goals, we can reach a ripe old age and look back on our life only to see that we reached but a small part of our full potential. When you learn to master the principle of setting a goal, you will then be able to make a great difference in the results you attain in this life.

I have a conviction that a few weeks spent in a well organized summer camp may be of more value educationally than a whole year of formal school work.

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.

Every decision you make, from what you eat to what you do with your time tonight, turns you into who you are tomorrow and the day after that.

Don't be pushed by your problems, be led by your dreams. Govern your life by priorities not your pressures.

I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life...procrastinating and rationalizing.

Every morning when I wake and every night when I go to sleep, I'm thinking about what I can do to become a better father and a better person.

Character is what emerges from all the little things you were too busy to do yesterday, but did anyway.

Busy is a choice. Stress is a choice. Joy is a choice. Choose well.

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

I'm often asked, Which is more important--attitude or skill? The answer is that it's somewhat like asking which leg of a three-legged stool is most important. It is my complete conviction, based on a considerable amount of research, that if you have the right attitude, combined with the right skills, and build your attitude and your skills on a solid character base, you can enjoy long-lasting success.

New habits make new horizons. Silently and imperceptibly you are forming habits which will ultimately determine the degree of your happiness and success. Closely guard the quality of your thoughts, that they may lead to right habits and thence to right living. Recognize and use such supreme qualities as courage, faith, humility, loyalty, temperance, and integrity.

Every experience I have benefits me. I am in the process of positive change.

By thinking and acting affirmatively in this minute, you will influence the hour, the day, and in time, your entire life.

You've just got to focus on what you have to do.