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Loida Nicolas Lewis
92 quotes
“Art is the expression of the divine in us, an expression of the human spirit.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In the eyes of God, we are all equal. So for those who are in a multicultural society like New York, accept people as they are because we are all the same. We belong to the one race, all members of the human race.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have this theory that if you go about looking for discrimination and bigotry against you, then you will surely find it.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Aurora Diaz-Wilson - August 11, 2008 | 12:00am
“I want to make memories visible, while the storytellers are still with us.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Let's live, love, laugh, and learn together.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Begin with integrity.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You are not here by accident. We are here to claim our space and to share our truths.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“No, that was very personal decision between my husband and me, and God. I already asked forgiveness for it.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 1452 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/26/fil-am-philanthropist-loida-nicolas-lewis-tours-europe-to-promote-her-memoir-1452
“In the US, abortion is unconstitutional, for me it’s wrong, it should be the decision of the woman”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 1452 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/26/fil-am-philanthropist-loida-nicolas-lewis-tours-europe-to-promote-her-memoir-1452
“Follow the golden rules, the 10 commandments. Follow the right path because if you say, no one knows and you will break the law, it will come back to you.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 1452 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/26/fil-am-philanthropist-loida-nicolas-lewis-tours-europe-to-promote-her-memoir-1452
“Be determined, you will get there, it may take time, but you will get there.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 1452 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/26/fil-am-philanthropist-loida-nicolas-lewis-tours-europe-to-promote-her-memoir-1452
“For us men and women, we are able to exist, succeed and flourish wherever we are. If you have an opportunity, take it, even if it’s not there, take it because Pilipino tayo, kaya natin.(If you have an opportunity, take it, even if it's not there, take it because we are Filipinos, we can make it.)”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 1452 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/2024/6/26/fil-am-philanthropist-loida-nicolas-lewis-tours-europe-to-promote-her-memoir-1452
“I can’t believe we are already on our 25th! We started with a population of 314, now, it’s 2,500!”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I was born in Sorsogon. I am a Filipina. I am a Christian Catholic. That forms the core of who I am.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t say you love God when you are unkind, when you are cruel, when you look down on people—minamata mo ang mga tao (-you look down on people). You need to love your neighbor, which is the other side of the coin of loving God. All of that is part of my being.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I believe that if I work hard towards my goal, with tenacity and integrity, I would get there.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It wasn’t about preserving power. It was about preserving purpose.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Stand on what you’ve survived.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Goal setting. Obedience to the code of ethics. Determination. One mistake doesn’t make a failure. You will eventually get there.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I am overjoyed to finally get a chance to share my memoir to my countrymen and in my homeland, the Philippines, where it all began.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I always use my mind, but in the end I follow my heart.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Women can be effective leaders without emulating the negative behaviors often exhibited by powerful men.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Second, when setting goals in life, be flexible. I was supposed to be either a nun or a public servant, which would include becoming a member of the Philippine Senate. Falling in love was the farthest thing in my mind. Then came along Reginald F. Lewis.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I learned a lot from my husband”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I held on to his guiding principle in business as to what is more important: Create wealth for the stakeholders, rather than keep on building a bigger empire.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Type As have a hard time shutting off their competitive instincts. I can vouch for this, having been a valedictorian, cum laude graduate and student council leader.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I wanted to improve my management skills. But the other reason is that my husband, daughters, and two sons-in-law all have Harvard diplomas. The years have not dulled my competitive streak, in the least, and I wanted to have a Harvard certificate, too.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“As voters, Filipinos are generally informed through social media. And unfortunately, social media do not necessarily respect the principles of journalism. We see how often they could be posting distorted facts and readers who are dependent on social media for news could easily take their word for the truth.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are a capitalist nation — but majority of our people are in so much poverty. And so here, Money is King, the media, the journalism press have to balance their reporting — they have the duty to report the truth.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There will be hope when Filipinos as a people choose to stand for what they know is the truth. They must vote for leaders who truly care for this country, people with integrity, not corrupt but have the interest of the Filipino at heart.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is important for people like us not to have a sense of empowerment, to have a sense that whatever challenges we have, we can do it.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Steve Angeles | TFC News California, May 12, 2023 11:23 AM PHT
“I am very relieved that our work has not been in vain”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Many women are afraid to take on challenges that comes their way and this will book will tell them, you can do it guys, you can do it gals. In other words, don't be afraid of taking on challenges. We can do many things that men can't do.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Use common sense, stick to core values.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Whatever I did [in the business], I did because it had to be done. All I am saying is that we are all heroes in the sense that we are able to overcome whatever it is.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“So my message to anyone: When an opportunity comes, tell your children, ‘Take it!’. You don’t say, ‘I’m not ready,’ because you will learn the job as you go along.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“‘New year, new you’ as they say. I believe it’s never too late to develop good habits.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2025 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://philippinesgraphic.com.ph/2025/12/22/loida-nicolas-lewis-releases-new-book-on-aging-gracefully/
“I and my sister Mely were given a sense of empowerment—Papa wanted us to excel.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why not write my own memoir?”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Why don’t I share my age-defying beauty ‘secrets’ so that women, and men, too, could look and feel younger than their chronological age, without undergoing Botox, fillers, surgeries, and other expensive cosmetic procedures?”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“My morning routine includes my Zen practice.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Just counting your breaths, meditating, reflecting, just being quiet. It’s that quiet time when you straighten your life, when you’re quiet and God can talk to you, and you can talk to God.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If you eat beef, and you’re about to go to sleep, it’s like a ton of bricks on your stomach.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We can only focus on one thing, which is create graduates who have the values, the values of working hard, the values of being determined to do the best they can, the values of ethics. So we concentrate on the student, then it’s up to them to do all of those things”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2026 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://tribune.net.ph/2026/01/18/the-lewis-college-like-a-box-of-chocolates
“My passion is always for the Filipino.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2015/02/15/loida-nicolas-lewis-an-advocate-of-all-things-correct-and-filipino/
“We are all equal in the eyes of God. What is important is what we do as stewards and manage what we have to do. I think that’s the most important”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2015 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://businessmirror.com.ph/2015/02/15/loida-nicolas-lewis-an-advocate-of-all-things-correct-and-filipino/
“Yes, it’s possible for a woman to be a good leader”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/business-life/2008/08/11/78517/loida-nicolas-lewisrsquos-keys-good-leadership
“The first key of leadership is knowing and setting your objective”
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Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/business-life/2008/08/11/78517/loida-nicolas-lewisrsquos-keys-good-leadership
“Do not let your ego be involved in making major decisions.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/business-life/2008/08/11/78517/loida-nicolas-lewisrsquos-keys-good-leadership
“I maximized my strengths as a woman, focused on teamwork and developed a consensus-builder attitude.”
Loida Nicolas Lewis (born 1942) first seen 2008 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: https://www.philstar.com/lifestyle/business-life/2008/08/11/78517/loida-nicolas-lewisrsquos-keys-good-leadership