Top 25 Quotes & Sayings by Lucio Tan

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Filipino businessman Lucio Tan.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Lucio Tan

Lucio Chua Tan Sr. is a Filipino business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He presides over the Filipino conglomerate company LT Group, Inc., a company with extensive business interests in sports, banking, airline, liquor, tobacco, real estate, beverages, and education. As of September 2021, his net worth is estimated at US$1.9 billion.

Despite PAL's troubles in the late 1990s, we were fortunate to have steered the company to clearer skies.
We need to direct our efforts toward one goal, and that is to survive.
Lucio Tan Group has had an historic interest in education. From my days as a struggling working student, I knew that education is the key to escape from the clutches of poverty.
Some may argue that countries like Japan and China improved economically without English, but they, too, are learning English fast. — © Lucio Tan
Some may argue that countries like Japan and China improved economically without English, but they, too, are learning English fast.
We cannot, as a country, improve economically, socially, and culturally without quality education.
Even the accomplished suffers setbacks sometimes. The more bitter the lessons, the greater the successes will be.
While the Tan Yan Kee foundation believes that it is merely scratching the surface relative to the gargantuan problems in the education sector, it envisions that one day it will be able to train more teachers and provide much-needed facilities that will transform schools into more conducive learning environments.
There's no secret. Just work hard.
I am old. My wish now is for an easy, easy life.
There was a time in the mid-'50s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academics-wise.
My laptop helps me carry on my business functions and stay in touch with my executives when I'm abroad.
Airlines are very competitive.
In this era of globalisation, I believe that the only way to push the Philippines forward is to focus our energy on improving English, mathematics, science, and technology.
Issues like security threats, declining traffic, high insurance premiums, rising fuel costs, among others, call for individual strengths to be aligned towards regional stability.
There was a time in the mid-1950s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academically. Fifty years down the road, and we are almost dead last in the ASEAN region.
All the education programmes provided by our foundations are in pursuit of a common vision to upgrade education standards and quality of life.
Every year, I send 1,000 students to China to study Chinese history, language, and culture.
Education is popular but very low standard. No wonder the Philippine economy is bankrupt.
PAL continues to be the country's leading airline and significant promoter of Philippine tourism.
Everything is for sale if the price is right.
Competition must be replaced by cooperation.
No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night. — © Lucio Tan
No matter how busy I am, I find time to read, day and night.
The thing to do is to buy and sell.
Everywhere we go, we make sure that PAL displays the warmth, hospitality, and everything that is good about the Philippines and its people.
A journalist who doesn't bring a camera is like a warrior who doesn't carry a sword.
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