Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote by Lee Iacocca

Quote by Lee Iacocca

“My father used to say, 'You can spend a lot of time making money. The tough time comes when you have to give it away properly.' How to give something back, that's the tough part in life.”

Quote by Lee Iacocca

Author

Lee Iacocca
Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca was a prominent American businessman recognized for his significant contributions to the automotive industry. Born on October 15, 1924, he is best known for his leadership at Chrysler Corporation in the 1970s and 1980s, where he implemented innovative strategies that led to the company's recovery from financial distress. more

You May Also Like

“The proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs our gifts...Thus a heavy task is laid upon Gift-love. It must work toward its own abdication. We must aim at making ourselves superfluous. The hour when we can say 'They need me no longer' should be our reward. But the instinct, simply in its own nature, has no power to fulfill this law.”

“Who gives himself with his alms feeds three, himself, his hungering neighbor and me.”

“Instead of exhorting you to augment your charity, I will rather utter an exhortation, or at least a supplication, that you may not abuse your charity by misapplying it.”