I want Chinese history to remember me as Carnegie is remembered. I want Chinese people to remember me as they remember Marx and Lenin. Chen Guangbiao More Quotes by Chen Guangbiao More Quotes From Chen Guangbiao If you have a river, then you should share it with everyone. Chen Guangbiao river everyone you share When I was 4 years old, my brother and sister died of hunger, so I achieved my success through confidence, self-motivation and my hard work. Chen Guangbiao confidence hard-work work success I have been doing good deeds since I was just a small child. Chen Guangbiao doing small good child I may be a maverick, but it doesn't mean I like playing tricks. Chen Guangbiao playing like may mean I like to get my hands dirty. Talk is cheap. Chen Guangbiao talk like hands dirty I have to be grateful to our society here in China, grateful to the economic reforms for letting me get rich, and grateful for the efforts of my staff. If there had been no reforms, I would have been a farmer. Chen Guangbiao me rich grateful society I'm a rich man, but I don't want to be a miser. Chen Guangbiao man rich-man rich want I intend to buy 'The New York Times.' Please don't take it as a joke. Chen Guangbiao buy joke new new-york The tradition and style of the 'New York Times' make it very difficult to have objective coverage of China. If we could purchase it, its tone might turn around. Chen Guangbiao new difficult tradition style My wealth is very limited. I need to influence other people to give. Chen Guangbiao need wealth influence people Starting my business has been very hard work. I have received no help from any officials at all. Chen Guangbiao help hard-work business work My younger brother runs a guesthouse, and my sister is a janitor. I have not given them money because they earn their own money. I pay for their children's school fees. Chen Guangbiao money brother children school My goal is to work diligently to become the top philanthropist in the world. Chen Guangbiao become top work world When I was young, I liked to be acknowledged in class by little gestures such as a small red star for doing something good. Now that I'm older, I still want to be acknowledged for good work. Chen Guangbiao good red good-work work When I was eight years old, I was always starving. My brother and sister died from starvation. Chen Guangbiao old always sister brother One summer vacation, I carried water to the town market to sell it, and I used some of the money I made to help a neighbour. Chen Guangbiao help vacation money water The world needs a person like me so that many other rich people will be able to follow my role model. If they do, many poor people will be helped. Chen Guangbiao me rich people world Many rich people in China made their fortunes by damaging natural resources and building corrupt relations with the government. Chen Guangbiao rich building government people If you have only a glass of water, then one person can drink. If you have a bucket, a whole family can benefit. Chen Guangbiao you drink family water Society needs hundreds of hundreds of thousands of Chen Guangbiaos. Chen Guangbiao hundreds thousands society needs