Life has its ups and downs, but you can only look forward. Frank Lowy More Quotes by Frank Lowy More Quotes From Frank Lowy Never give up! People don't understand how persistent you have to be. You come up against an obstacle and you have to find a way of moving forward. You take detours, navigate between the obstacles and make it happen. Unless you are very strong and convinced you can succeed, you will be swept away. Frank Lowy giving-up strong moving The philosophy I shared... was one of ambition - ambition to succeed, ambition to grow, ambition to move forward - backed up by hard work. Frank Lowy hard-work philosophy moving Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful - the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else will follow you. If you are successful there is an accompaniment. If your goal is just to make money you won't succeed. Money is a commodity to use, not to be dictated by. Frank Lowy business successful wisdom don't talk about legacy. I have a job to do, and I'm doing it. And I'm not expecting a legacy and I'm not expecting to get pride from some legacy, I'm doing a job that I believe needs to be done. I am willing to do it for the time, and I am not looking for some kind of an accolade or whatever. I don't consider myself anything special. I work hard. Frank Lowy hard-work jobs believe For every mountain there is another one. The big question is if you reach the top of the mountain, what then? What do you do then? I suppose you die. Frank Lowy economics mountain business Invincible is never how I felt, but optimistic... yes. Frank Lowy invincible optimistic felt I don't work for nothing. I'm entitled to get paid. Frank Lowy entitled paid I learned to value the small transactions as well as the large. Frank Lowy transactions values wells As a teenager I became a boat person - a refugee - as I made my way to Palestine. Frank Lowy person palestine boat way The human being is very resourceful. When you fight for survival, you don't think much; you just do. If you think too much, you sink. Frank Lowy fight think you survival What is it to enjoy life? Sit at the beach? No. What it is is that you have to do something, you have be productive, make a contribution to the society, to the family, to yourself. Frank Lowy you enjoy-life family life I am 84 years old and have not retired because I feel I have something to contribute. Frank Lowy old i-am something feel So many times I wanted to go to Auschwitz, but I couldn't take up the courage to go there. Frank Lowy go up auschwitz courage The word 'no' is not for me. I don't hear it. You always have to try again and again. Frank Lowy try me you always The loss of my father marked my life. I'm 88 years old and I'm still mourning him because it's such a drama for me. It was just after my bar mitzvah and it was so tragic. The effect on me, I carry it all my life. Frank Lowy my-life me life father The loss of my father was the most traumatic event in my life - I can't forget the pain. Frank Lowy my-life pain life father I don't remember all my successes, but I do remember failures. Frank Lowy successes failures remember I work all the time; whatever I do, I do it, and I don't necessarily look at it as work. You could say the Auschwitz project was work, or the Lowy Institute is work, or Westfield is work, or the football is work. It is life. Frank Lowy work time football life From morning when I wake up until I go to sleep, I am working. I go to bed and I want to switch off, but the brain doesn't switch off. Frank Lowy i-am brain sleep morning I don't think of myself as a hard man, but other people may think otherwise. You know you have obligations to do the best you can for people, for your job, for your shareholders... it all has to be balanced between the hardness and the softness. Frank Lowy best myself you man
