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.

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

I think one of the big errors people are making right now is thinking that old-style businesses will be obsolete, when actually they will be an important part of this new civilization. Some retail groups are introducing e-commerce and think that the bricks are no longer useful. But they will continue to be important.

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

I've always said that the better off you are, the more responsibility you have for helping others. Just as I think it's important to run companies well, with a close eye to the bottom line, I think you have to use your entrepreneurial experience to make corporate philanthropy effective.

In this new wave of technology, you can't do it all yourself, you have to form alliances.

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