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

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

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

It's a good thing God doesn't let you look a year or two into the future, or you might be sorely tempted to shoot yourself.

If the Chrysler crisis had come up during a Republican administration, the company would have gone down the tubes before you could say Herbert Hoover.

Mistakes are a part of life; you can't avoid them. All you can hope is that they won't be too expensive and that you don't make the same mistake twice.

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

The cement in our whole democracy today is the worker who makes $ 15 an hour. He's the guy who will buy a house and a car and a refrigerator. He's the oil in the engine.

I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.