In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else.

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?

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

In the end, all business operations can be reduced to three words: people, product, and profits.

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

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

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

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

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

Management is nothing more than motivating other people.

My father always used to say that when you die, if you've got five real friends, then you've had a great life.

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

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.

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