
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