The road to success is often a long and winding one.

Always be prepared for the unexpected.

Vision without action is just a dream.

Invest in education; it’s the foundation for a better future.

A good business model is one that can adapt to changing circumstances.

Never stop learning and evolving; this is the key to long-term success.

Networking and relationships are crucial to business success.

To be a successful businessman, you must have a passion for what you do.

Economic growth is driven by innovation and technology.

The future belongs to those who can imagine it and work towards it.

Being patient and persistent is key to achieving your goals.

First I opened a check account. I looked at the – I looked that there was nothing of yield. So I bought some bonds. It was a bond. When I bought this bond, it was duplicated in 10 years. I think it was 10 percent.

If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.

You have to have an international reference of competition. You have to go beyond your home.

My mother born in Mexico, but was Lebanese in origin. She born 1902 the same year my father arrived to Mexico when he was 14 years old.

Challenges are opportunities in disguise.

Inertia is in our minds always.

When you live for others’ opinions, you are dead.

I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso. There is art everywhere, murals on the walls. It’s beautiful.

I still have my laptop but I haven’t used it. I’m a paper man, not electronic.

A successful entrepreneur must be both a dreamer and a realist.

Technology is going to transform people’s lives and society everywhere in the world. I spend most of my time studying new technologies. My main task is to understand what’s going on and try to see where we can fit in.

In this new wave of technology, you can’t do it all yourself, you have to form alliances.

It is not important NOT to make mistakes, but the mistakes to be small.

You should have more time for you during all of your life – not when you’re 65 and retired.

Leadership is about creating more leaders, not just followers.

In high school, I loved history. I also loved cosmography, algebra. Mexico is so rich in culture and history, and I have always enjoyed that.

You cannot live without doing something.

Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear.

I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.

Building wealth is not a sprint but a marathon.

When there is a crisis, that’s when some are interested in getting out and that’s when we are interested in getting in.

The truth is, you leave this world with nothing. What you are is a temporary administrator, and you must administer well… the wealth in your care, and generate more. The surplus can be used to do many things for people.

Work well done is not only a responsibility to yourselves and society; it is also an emotional need.

My parents weren’t artistic, but I was always surrounded by beautiful things. And Mexico is a country which has experienced thousands of years of art and culture.

Time is the most valuable resource; you should invest it wisely.

Maintain austerity in good times to avoid lay offs in bad times.

Choose the right employees and then set them loose.

Poverty isn’t solved with donations.

How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can – the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.

Success is not just about what you achieve but how you help others achieve.

Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets… any sound investment will eventually pay off.

All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones.

Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

You don’t need to raise taxes on rich people, because they create capitalization and investment. But you need to tax speculation – meaning capital gains.

The most important thing is to understand and anticipate the needs of your customers.

I’ve always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it’s important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

Money is not a goal. The goal is to make companies grow, develop, be competitive, be in different areas, be efficient to have a great human team inside the company.

Building a business and becoming a billionaire is it’s not championship. It’s the competence; the competence in your sector with other companies not looking to have some kind of records in this issue.

I don’t have business with any politicians.

You need to always have a vision and strategy. It’s not just about having money, but about having an idea.

You cannot have people in your organization who are pessimists. They take you to mediocrity.

Mistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.

Focus on essentials and try not to get distracted and bogged down by things that don’t add value to the bottom line.

No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.

The biggest risk is not taking any risk.

When we decide to do something, we do it quickly.

Do not allow negative feelings and emotions to control your mind. Emotional harm does not come from others; it is conceived and developed within ourselves.

Live the present intensely and fully, do not let the past be a burden, and let the future be an incentive. Each person forges his or her own destiny.

You need to support human development and human capital as much as possible. And we’ve had 25 years of programs, great programs. We supported 125,000 surgeries. We fund 15,000 scholarships every year for college and higher education. We gave bicycles for rural areas. We gave laptops.

When you invest in the people, you are investing in the future.

With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life.

Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.

Most people try to make a better world for our children when what they should be doing is making better children for our world.

You want to have a toy and another toy, and that’s not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials.

The goal is not to be better than the other person, but to be better than your previous self.

When we face our problems, they disappear. So learn from failure and let success be the silent incentive.

All times are good time for those who know how to work and have the tools to do so.

Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.

Profitability is coming from productivity, efficiency, management, austerity, and the way to manage the business.