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Carlos Slim quotes: Mistakes are normal and human. Make them small, accept them, correct them, and forget them.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: You should have more time for you during all of your life - not when you're 65 and retired.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: When you live for others' opinions, you are dead.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: I don't have business with any politicians.

I don't have business with any politicians.

Carlos Slim quotes: Staying occupied displaces preoccupation and problems, and when we face our problems, they disappear.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: Poverty isn't solved with donations.

Poverty isn't solved with donations.

Carlos Slim quotes: Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards.

Carlos Slim quotes: With three work days a week, we would have more time to relax; for quality of life,

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

Carlos Slim quotes: Courage taught me no matter how bad a crisis gets ... any sound investment will eventually pay off.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.

Any personal crisis - you have to use it to get stronger.

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

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

Carlos Slim quotes: Focus on essentials and try not to get distracted and bogged down by things that don't add value to the bottom line.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.

I think that anything that has privileges have responsibility and all people that is clear about their responsibility has compromise.

Carlos Slim quotes: Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

Our philosophy is you need to give nonprofit money for health, nutrition, education, culture, and sports.

Carlos Slim quotes: Choose the right employees and then set them loose.

Choose the right employees and then set them loose.

Carlos Slim quotes: We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.

We don't take anything when we pass away, and we need to do with the sense of responsibility.

Carlos Slim quotes: I love baseball. And American Football, too. But not rugby.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: Anyone who is not investing now is missing a tremendous opportunity.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: All businesses make mistakes. The trick is to avoid large ones.

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

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

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

Carlos Slim quotes: I still have my laptop but I haven't used it. I'm a paper man, not electronic.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: CompUSA was a bad decision. We stayed too much with CompUSA, and we stayed too short with Apple.

CompUSA was a bad decision. We stayed too much with CompUSA, and we stayed too short with Apple.

Carlos Slim quotes: You want to have a toy and another toy, and that's not maturity. The biggest things in life are not materials.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.

If Wal-Mart invests a billion dollars and others invest $100 million, Wal-Mart is going to grow more.

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

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

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

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

Carlos Slim quotes: If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments ... but also their companies.

The year 1983 was crazy. People wanted to sell not only their investments ... but also their companies.

Carlos Slim quotes: No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: Competition makes you better, always, always makes you better, even if the competitor wins.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.

I buy companies for strategic reasons and operate them.

Carlos Slim quotes: When there is a crisis, that's when some are interested in getting out and that's when we are interested in getting in.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: When we decide to do something, we do it quickly.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: 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.

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.

Carlos Slim quotes: 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.

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.

Carlos Slim quotes: It is not important NOT to make mistakes, but the mistakes to be small

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

Carlos Slim quotes: There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.

There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.

Carlos Slim quotes: It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.

It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.

Carlos Slim quotes: 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.

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.

Carlos Slim quotes: Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.

Low interest rates are a big opportunity for investment. But the issue is that this money should go to the real economy, not the financial economy.

Carlos Slim quotes: Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

Well, when I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

Carlos Slim quotes: You have to have an international reference of competition. You have to go beyond your home.

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

Carlos Slim quotes: It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.

It's important to give a better country to your children, but it is more important to give better children to your country.

Carlos Slim quotes: You cannot live without doing something.

You cannot live without doing something.

Carlos Slim quotes: I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.

I studied engineering in the national university, the Universidad Autonoma, in San Ildefonso.

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

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