Please finish every grain of rice in your bowl. Do not forget that each grain represents one drop of farmer's blood. - Robert Kuok

He would start a business, lose money, close it and start another. That would make money for a while, and then the cycle would repeat.

You've got to be a very clever people to win a big war and to rule half the world -- but the Japanese didn't behave is clever people. In the first few weeks of conquering any town, they would hold marching exercises as part of their campaign to terrorize residents. They marched six to eight to twelve abreast, chanting Japanese martial songs and stamping on the ground in an exaggerated manner.

I realized that true human values and human worth have almost zero connection with money.