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The strength of this country lies in the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights and the freedom of speech and thought.
I'm from Cebu. I was one year old when I came here to Cebu from Fujian, south China. I'm Cebuano. I left for Manila when I was 22.
I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.
From my very first day as an entrepreneur, I've felt the only mission worth pursuing in business is to make people's lives better.
The game of football requires attention constantly. If you miss one play, you can miss a lot of action - unlike some other sports.
You are what you think. So just think big, believe big, act big, work big, give big, forgive big, laugh big, love big and live big.
I give money for church organs in the hope the organ music will distract the congregation's attention from the rest of the service.
A company is people … employees want to know… am I being listened to or am I a cog in the wheel? People really need to feel wanted.
Ideally, since 80 percent of your life is spent working, you should start your business around something that is a passion of yours
I also know, as an entrepreneur myself, you face new obstacles every day and you need to have the perseverance to see them through.
Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.
Quickly, after I landed in England, I found out ways to get scholarships. England turned out to be a very encouraging place for me.
I spent the first half of my life making money and the second half of my life giving it away to do the most good and the least harm.
Challenge negative forces with hope, self-confidence and conviction. I believe that ambition and initiative will ultimately triumph.
Confidence breeds confidence and negativity breeds negativity. Treat those around you with respect and dignity and they will thrive.
I have always looked on my businesses not just as money-making machines, but as adventures that can, I hope, make people better off.
The funny thing is people won't let me pay for things. I'll be in a restaurant and the manager will say, 'Oh no, it's on the house.'
In [my] life ... I did not understand steam machinery, but I tried to understand that much more complicated piece of mechanism - man.
Markets are constantly in a state of uncertainty and flux and money is made by discounting the obvious and betting on the unexpected.
We really care about our brand. We really want it to stand for high quality. We want people to be excited about it, for it to be fun.
Education doesn't just take place in stuffy classrooms and university buildings, it can happen everywhere, every day to every person.
There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.
I think it's important we continue to find new ways for start-up businesses to get access to funding, mentorship and business advice.
It took me years to work out the difference between net and gross. In meetings I just used to say, 'Tell me if it's good or bad news.
A man's reading program should be as carefully planned as his daily diet, for that too is food, without which he cannot grow mentally.
I have so much respect for [Bernie Ecclestone] for what he did with this sport. He did so much more than people in tennis or football.
Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor: Relationship and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth.
We must always go for the best. Do not compromise on quality. Reject if it is not the best - not only the best in India, but globally.
If you're looking to become an entrepreneur then don't waste your time going to university or business school - just get on and do it.
It's so graceful to be blown by the wind, to go where the wind takes you. Just drifting over beautiful rivers in a balloon is perfect.
You should not build your customer service system on the premise that your organisation will never question the whims of your clients.
It was always a challenge for me to prove that a Russian financial investor can be as successful in the West as back at home in Russia.
You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.
I believe in goals. It's never a bad thing to have a dream. If something is really what you want to do, just do it. Whatever your goal.
Just watching Israel bombarding Palestine and Palestine sending one or two little rockets over to Israel - it's just too sad for words.
Good brands reflect the histories of the time and the group of people that made them. They can not be copied. They can not be recycled.
It isn't effective or productive to force your employees to do anything. Choice empowers people and makes for a more content workforce.
If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become a poor man.
It marks a big step in your development when you come to realize that other people can help you do a better job than you could do alone.
A word, a look, an accent, may affect the destiny not only of individuals, but of nations. He is a bold man who calls anything a trifle.
I think I would find it easier to talk with Nico [Rosenberg] than Lewis [Hamilton], as Lewis is into things that are very distant to me.
Computing is kind of a mess. Your computer doesn't know where you are. It doesn't know what you're doing. It doesn't know what you know.
If you look at the people who have high impact, they have pretty general knowledge. They don't have a really narrowly focused education.
As a leader of people, you have to be a great listener, a great motivator, be very good at praising and bringing out the best in people.
Dreaming is one of humanity’s greatest gifts; it champions aspiration, spurs innovation, leads to change, and propels the world forward.
On the weekends, I do the usual parental things, going to the boys' football tournaments or getting out for a hike along the Great Wall.
Does making money excite me? No, but I have to make money for my shareholders. What excites me is achievement, doing something difficult.
Globalization has rendered the world increasingly interdependent, but international politics is still based on the sovereignty of states.
The concept of a general equilibrium has no relevance to the real world (in other words, classical economics is an exercise in futility).
People are starving in the world, not because we don't have enough food, but because we're not organized. And computers are part of that.