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.

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.

I learned about the strength you can get from a close family life. I learned to keep going, even in bad times. I learned not to despair, even when my world was falling apart. I learned that there are no free lunches. And I learned the value of hard work.

MBAs know everything but understand nothing.

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

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.

Why is our free-enterprise system so strong?- Not because it stands still, frozen in the past, but because it has always adapted to changing realities