I am convinced that all this poverty in Mexico and in Latin America, like it's happening in China is the opportunity to grow. It's an opportunity for investment; it's an economic activity and to take out poverty is the best investment any person or a person can do in any place.

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others

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

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

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.

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

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