“Love your work. Work hard for it. Love your family. Love your country. Never stop learning. And always look back and be grateful to where you came from.”

The quote is attributed to John Gokongwei Jr., a Filipino-Chinese businessman who passed away on November 9, 2019 at the age of 93. He was the founder of the Philippines’ largest airline and other big businesses in the retail, food manufacturing, telecommunications, and real estate industries.

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