Famous quotes
Quotes by famous people, credited to who said them. Your own quotes must not match any of these. More are added all the time. 1,158,269 quotes Who coined it · How we decide
EnglishItalianoPolskiעבריתFrançaisPortuguêsفارسیEspañol中文РусскийDeutschالعربيةहिन्दी日本語ΕλληνικάLatina
Isabel dos Santos
17 quotes
“I think there's lots of people with family connections but who are actually nowhere. If you're hard-working and determined, you will make it, and that's the bottom line. I don't believe in an easy way through.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) first seen 2013 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Lunch with the FT: Isabel dos Santos", Financial Times (March 29, 2013)
“If you do something that’s going to get somebody a job, then they’ll be able to pay for their kids school, and then the kid is going to be a doctor and then that doctor is going to probably help who knows how many other people, so it’s very motivating. Much more fun than going to the beach.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘Creating opportunities and employment for women means betting on the progress of the communities themselves. When they thrive, women invest their income in the family, health, and education. I value this as a sense of duty, commitment, and dedication. The impact that women create around them is powerful and transformative’”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Leverage your pre-existing talents and knowledge. If you’re going into a field that you know or have past experience with then you have a competitive edge.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that goals are achieved when ambition is combined with skill and determination.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Be willing to assess yourself and determine exactly what it is that you’re capable of doing best. If you have weaknesses in certain areas, develop them into strengths.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘I believe in talent and, every day, I bet on empowering the next generation of leaders. Because the development of Africa and my country is my priority as an Angolan businesswoman.’”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I’ve been managing companies for a long time, starting them from small, building them up, going through every single stage of what it takes for a company to be successful,”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My holdings are commercial,”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are no proceeds from contracts or public contracts, or money that has been deviated from public funds.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This investment generated a large amount of return for all the parties that invested jointly,”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There are no wrongdoings.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What we really want to see is people living in African cities to go from living in dwellings to living in homes,”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We have taken upon ourselves to build these banks.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There’s nothing in the report that mentions me,”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“advisers that had worked with me in the past and that I trusted.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“This is a political trial.... you have a woman who has been chosen to set an example as a scapegoat. that is me.”
Isabel dos Santos (born 1973) first seen 2020 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with Reuters,London,January 10,2020.