Michael Lee Chin Quotes

#1. I wouldn't be where I am, if not for Jamaica. My formative years were here. I wouldn't have the confidence that I have if I wasn't born here, because growing up here I knew I could become anybody I wanted to become. There was no ceiling on top of me.

Michael Lee-Chin

#2. I had to break up with Medusa. I just got sick of buying mice for her hair. I should have ended it sooner, but you try looking into those eyes.

Alex Bosworth

#3. I wouldn't have become an engineer, I wouldn't have done what I did, had a hand not been held out to me. I have to remember who helped me when I needed help. The people of Jamaica helped me. I can't forget that. I would be ungrateful if I forgot.

Michael Lee-Chin

#4. I straddled his lap and sank onto him so slowly I almost lost it. Each inch of him filled my already sensitive body. Nose to nose with him, I whispered. "You come with me.'
His mouth curved into a wicked smile. "Happily.

Lisa Kessler

#5. You must look like a money person for clients to trust you.

Michael Lee-Chin

#6. Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.

Michael Lee-Chin

#7. Persevering is not often simply a matter of working hard and refusing to quit; often, by trying again, failing again, and failing better, we inadvertently place ourselves in the way of luck.

Karen Karbo

#8. Doing business in Jamaica is not easy, but it is rewarding.

Michael Lee-Chin

#9. I didn't generate my success by being a prognosticator. I developed my reputation building our businesses by building great businesses and making them more efficient.

Michael Lee-Chin

#10. The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low.

Paul Bremer

#11. Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.

Michael Lee-Chin

#12. My wealth came from growing businesses. I had wealth, but not liquidity. Basically I transferred illiquid shares of AIC for liquid shares of Manulife. Now I'm the biggest individual shareholder of Manulife.

Michael Lee-Chin

#13. The philosophy to 'buy and hold' is a philosophy that I use to manage funds.

Michael Lee-Chin

#14. My first playpen was a cardboard box.

Michael Lee-Chin

#15. Happen again, as soon as possible. Jacob and I meet four times in two weeks. The nervousness gradually disappears. We

Paulo Coelho

#16. From an early age my mother told me that there were so many of us that if I was to get anything in life I would have to get it myself. So I did.

Michael Lee-Chin

#17. If people perceive themselves as having very little opportunities to be fulfilled, then it cheapens their life and outlook. The solution is to reverse it; make sure they know opportunities abound.

Michael Lee-Chin

#18. You know, God will give favor to anyone who will believe Him. Every day you should confess that you have favor everywhere you go. God will begin to open doors that you wouldn't believe.

Joyce Meyer

#19. I am fortunate for the blessings I will receive today. I am looking forward to the opportunities that will come to me, today. I am grateful for the people I am about to meet who will help me forge a path of security, abundance, and love.

Charles F. Glassman

#20. When a breeze blew, petals rained down on my upturned face, and I stopped and gasped, stunned by the beauty and sadness.

Ruth Ozeki

#21. The mantra of the National Commercial Bank is 'building a better Jamaica.' If this bank is going to be everlastingly successful, it has to take on the ailments of this society.

Michael Lee-Chin

#22. Every instant of time ... is a pinprick of eternity.

Marcus Aurelius

#23. Gold is a commodity; over the long run, as we look back, it has not been a good investment. You can't look at the intrinsic value of gold as you can a business. Gold doesn't give you cash flow, and, at the end of the day, cash flow is what is important. Gold doesn't give you dividends.

Michael Lee-Chin