Tycoon Vincent Tan Chee Yioun famous quotes collection:
1. English is the language of commerce and business.The world is very small if we can only speak Malay and Mandarin
2. It is important to understand and be able to speak English because it is the language of progress. If I didn’t have a good command of English , do you think McDonald's would have chosen me as their partner?
3. In the Asean region, the top three countries that I am really interested in are Vietnam, Malaysia and Thailand
4. If you buy something for 300, and after three to five years it is worth 600, 700 or 900, you have to think carefully and seriously consider to sell. If you make money why not? That is business.
5. Except for family, everything is for sale at the right price
6. If you only see dark clouds, you must look at the silver linings. Malaysia can continue to do well. You must look at the positives
7. Everything I have learnt, I have learnt from experience.
8. If you work hard, when the opportunity comes you will be lucky too
9. I was persistent. You have to be hardworking but many hardworking people never had luck
10. I have found my purpose in life. It is to make more money and then give more than half of it away
11. My inspiration is to pledge half of my wealth is came from The Giving Pledge, an initiative by Bill Gates, Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet.
12. I like investing in small businesses, because I believe they can become billion-dollar companies
13 一旦发现有值得投资的生意，我都会花很多时间研究. 无论谁阻止，都无法改变我的改定。
14 人总會有低落的時候，但不要让自己低落太久，必须赶快调整心情，重新出发，不要让任何人或事情，阻礙自己前进的脚步。
15. 一名好领袖决断力要强，有时候要独断独行
16. 对于工作，我向来是努力不懈的，一周甚至工作7天，因为我非常享受工作的乐趣。
17. 对我而言，工作便是我的寄托和享受，可以天天看新事物，谈成新生意，对我是无上享受
18. 我是如何建立起我百亿的企业王国?我的事业由许多不同规模的中小企业所组合而成，多数稳健增长，也有部份已稳健发展成大型的企业，都是由小规模做起，再堆砌成更巨大的集团
19. 若规模得当，中小企业的扩充力量是非常具有暴发力的。若有足够的资金能力，就可趁势发挥财富效应，试想想一间店面1个月的营业额为 100万，积极扩充的至10家店间的话，即一个月可取得1000万的销售，如果是100家就有1亿收入
20. 我在品牌创立的路途上，可能称不上是一个很成功的例子，品牌塑造讲究的是专注，但我在企业版图无论是在本地或是海外的扩充道路上，却从来没有专注过；但我幸运的是，这么多年来我遇上了很好的合作伙伴，大多数是本地或国际成功的品牌。
