“I remove a lot of the pressure from myself by saying I’m not competing with my parents. They are the persons who taught me my ideology. They actively practiced what they preached. They’re the exemplars and the role models. So how does one compete with a mentor?”

I was put into office by the people who believed in my idea that corruption is the root of poverty; that an end to corruption would mean an end to poverty.

Although I was born to famous parents, I know and feel the problems of ordinary citizens.

I had a simple goal in life: to be true to my parents and our country as an honorable son, a caring brother, and a good citizen.

Peace in the Middle East is of prime importance to the Philippines, due to the presence of around 2 million of our countrymen working in that region.

The Philippines has vast minerals that are still untapped. It has one of the world’s largest deposits of gold, nickel, copper and chromite. Through responsible mining, we intend to generate more revenues from the extraction of these resources.

Tourism is a crucial industry that could employ millions of Filipinos, skilled and unskilled alike, cross those 7,107 islands of the Philippines.

My father offered his life so our democracy could live. My mother devoted her life to nurturing that democracy.

Don’t wait for mentors to seek you out. Don’t ever wait for your phone calls to be returned, your letters to be answered, your faxes to be responded to. Keep going out and asking question.

The worst mistake a leader can make is to mentor no one, choose no successor and leave no legacy.

We need to stop telling [women], “Get a mentor and you will excel.” Instead, we need to tell them, “Excel and you will get a mentor.

Do not waste your mentor’s time if you care about your own!

I’ve met people and have mentors that have taught me and I’m still trying to get better today.

I think a role model is a mentor – someone you see on a daily basis, and you learn from them.

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.

There’s just nothing to me so invaluable in my business, but in many businesses, as great mentors.