Slim Carlos Quotes

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

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

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

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

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

Poverty isn't solved with donations. — Carlos Slim

Firm and patient optimism always yields its rewards. — Carlos Slim

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

You cannot live without doing something. — Carlos Slim

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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