Stanley Ho Quotes

101 Stanley Ho Quotes (Dr Stanley Ho Hung Sun Quotes)

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Knowledge is your real companion... Fortune can disappear.
Stanley Ho

I believe now, to succeed you must have the spirit of hard working, the enthusiasm, enthusiasm for learning and the spirit of making good your promises.
Stanley Ho

With 10 dollars in my pocket, I became a millionaire in one year…
Stanley Ho

I've been very fortunate…
Stanley Ho

[In January 1997] I planned to retire at 75, but it looks like I will go to 80.
Stanley Ho

[On Viagra when asked about his fourth wife, Angela who was expecting his sixteenth child] I have absolutely no need for such things.
Stanley Ho

[At the age of 83] I cannot retire.
Stanley Ho

I hope to have a long life…
Stanley Ho

As we say in Chinese, real gold is not afraid of the fire of the furnace.
Stanley Ho

I saw my mother crying everyday going to a pawn shop everyday to keep us going…
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[His promise to his mother] I promised her I will make good no matter what.
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I had to study, I had to convert myself into a very hard-working young boy…
Stanley Ho

I had to work extremely hard. From morning 6 o'clock up to night 10 o'clock when I go to bed, I had absolutely no other enjoyment. So for three years I was like that.
Stanley Ho

I made a lot of money out of the war.
Stanley Ho

[On acquiring a 218-carat diamond] It’s a matter of hundreds of millions. Just think of it – some one-carat diamonds are worth over US$100,000 and their prices keep rising.
Stanley Ho

Family matters should not involve lawyers…
Stanley Ho

I must admit that my life is rather complicated.
Stanley Ho

I know nothing of gambling. I still don’t gamble.
Stanley Ho

I love challenges…
Stanley Ho

I became a refugee in Macau during 1941…
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I fought for the government as an air raid warden for 15 days. Our government surrendered, Hong Kong Government surrendered, so I took a junk and came to Macau…
Stanley Ho

All my life, I never believed in luck…
Stanley Ho

During my first ten years of operation of the casino, I wasn't too successful and then suddenly, all of a sudden, Hong Kong started to issue immigration permits…
Stanley Ho

I always believe that education is most important.
Stanley Ho

When I first started the Macau people said don't believe Stanley Ho, he is the biggest liar on earth, he can promise you the moon and nothing will happen. But no - I made one promise… I promised Macau I will bring you new prosperity…
Stanley Ho

[On being called ‘The Casino King’] I enjoy this name, but to be very frank I don't deserve this casino king, I don't gamble, how can I be the casino king?
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You have to learn from humility…
Stanley Ho

[On his family losing everything] Even my own family members - I meet them in the street, they would turn away their faces…
Stanley Ho

When I was eight, my father had a pleasure boat, we had a few motor cars on the road, we had a summer house in Stanley - where I got my name… we were absolutely spoilt.
Stanley Ho

I think I have received the biggest number of medals from all over the world than anyone in Hong Kong or Macau.
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Unfortunately, some people still think that Stanley Ho knows too many triads and are connected with the triads. This is very unfair, a real misconception.
Stanley Ho

I have received even medals from his holiness the pope, you can imagine how much I have done, how much charity, how much help I have given to the church to get such a medal.
Stanley Ho

We were so surprised when we were told in the end that you can have your capitalist system unchanged for 50 years… So what's the point of leaving Hong Kong anymore?
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Lets enjoy our living in Macau.
Stanley Ho

I must compete. I want to prove that I will still maintain to be the market leader…
Stanley Ho

[Gambling is] A very special kind of business.
Stanley Ho

[In 1998] It’s not good publicity to tell the world how much money we make. It might scare away our big clients. My God, I have been a sucker contributing so much, they might say. You need confidentiality very much, so you really need your own people.
Stanley Ho

[On his father fleeing to Saigon after the share slump in the 1930s] I was so broke, dead broke.
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I have done nothing wrong. I am very happy with what I am… No regrets, no regrets.
Stanley Ho

[On Triads fighting each other in Macau] At most, there might be a few dozen people killed. It’s none of our business.
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