Henry Sy Quotes

#1. By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.

Barry Gibb

#2. Life is a book of changes. It should be read only to understand how it works. You can't help the changes in life; they must come whether they are good or bad because the good must follow the bad and the bad must follow the good. T

Yogi Bhajan

#3. I have always believed that if we do well, we must also do something to help others in society.

Henry Sy

#4. SM Seaside City Cebu: soon to be the Philippines' Largest Mall and the 4th Largest in the World

Henry Sy

#5. I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it.

Douglas Hyde

#6. We can do the work.

Lailah Gifty Akita

#7. All my life, I've found it difficult to advocate for myself, to ask for what I want. I fear burdening people so much.

Jessica Knoll

#8. Let ideas establish their legitimate sway again in society, let life be fair and poetic, and the scholars will gladly be lovers, citizens, and philanthropists.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#9. I started with shoes, and with hard work and discipline, the business prospered. I moved to the department store business and again, things went well.

Henry Sy

#10. The art of printing secures us against the retrogradation of reason and information.

Thomas Jefferson

#11. Sometimes we should listen, not to speak.

Deyth Banger

#12. In life and in business, you need to be good-hearted and trustworthy, and to have integrity. This is the way to build long-term relationships. It is also important to be optimistic and to look at challenges as opportunities.

Henry Sy

#13. You have to have a dream, whether big or small. Then plan, focus, work hard and be very determined to achieve your goals.

Henry Sy

#14. There are lots of things about millionaires that make them pretty ordinary, but what's not ordinary is their ability to accumulate wealth, how hard they work, and what they do for a living.

Thomas J. Stanley

#15. Just because everybody talks about something doesn't mean it's true. Rumors always sound so good to hear, until they're about you.

Winna Efendi

#16. If I didn't look too closely, I wouldn't see that Tiras wasn't there. If I didn't breathe too deeply, I wouldn't feel the hollow echo in my empty chest. If I didn't move too quickly, I wouldn't reach any painful conclusions. And if I didn't listen, I wouldn't hear the silence he always left behind.

Amy Harmon

#17. My basic strategy is to stick to my core business, and to my area of expertise. My businesses are all related - retail, shopping centers, banking, real estate and tourism development. Together they create synergy.

Henry Sy

#18. The art of clinical diagnosis lies in the ability to ask the right questions.

Harriet B. Braiker

#19. It was considered the most dangerous route in the Hills, but as my reputation as a rider and quick shot was well known, I was molested very little, for the toll gatherers looked on me as being a good fellow, and they knew that I never missed my mark.

Calamity Jane

#20. Comes over one an absolute necessity to move. And what is more, to move in some particular direction. A double necessity then: to get on the move, and to know whither.

D.H. Lawrence

#21. I was lucky to have such a loving, crazy family. I learned to give and share.

Leo Buscaglia