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

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

From Carlos Slim

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

From Carlos Slim

At 25, I made many companies. I was thinking more like a businessman or entrepreneur than a CEO. I created many companies, small companies, medium companies. I tried to be involved in many kinds of activities, in finance, in real estate, in mining.

From Carlos Slim

When I was very young, maybe 12 years, I began to make investments.

From Carlos Slim

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

From Carlos Slim

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.

From Carlos Slim

How can you be on top of the things you do? I think when you are involved in a business, first of all you need to know the business. After that you know the business, you can - the numbers tell you what is happening. You can read with the numbers.

From Carlos Slim

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

From Carlos Slim

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

From Carlos Slim

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