Significant Quotes by Lucio Tan

Competition must be replaced by cooperation.

— Lucio Tan

Education is popular but very low standard. No wonder the Philippine economy is bankrupt.

— Lucio Tan

While the Tan Yan Kee foundation believes that it is merely scratching the surface relative to the gargantuan problems in the education sector, it…

— Lucio Tan

PAL continues to be the country's leading airline and significant promoter of Philippine tourism.

— Lucio Tan

There's no secret. Just work hard.

— Lucio Tan

Some may argue that countries like Japan and China improved economically without English, but they, too, are learning English fast.

— Lucio Tan

We need to direct our efforts toward one goal, and that is to survive.

— Lucio Tan

Every year, I send 1,000 students to China to study Chinese history, language, and culture.

— Lucio Tan

I am old. My wish now is for an easy, easy life.

— Lucio Tan

Everywhere we go, we make sure that PAL displays the warmth, hospitality, and everything that is good about the Philippines and its people.

— Lucio Tan

We cannot, as a country, improve economically, socially, and culturally without quality education.

— Lucio Tan

There was a time in the mid-1950s when the Philippines was in the same league as Japan economically and academically. Fifty years down the…

— Lucio Tan