Jorge Paulo Lemann Professions : Banker Born : August 26, 1939 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Jorge Paulo Lemann I always say, to have a big dream requires the same effort as having a small dream. Dream big! Jorge Paulo Lemann effort bigs dream I have learned that the ethics of the so-called markets can be different from what we learn at school. In day-to-day life you have stimulus to behave unethically, but in the long term it always pays off to be ethical. Jorge Paulo Lemann different long school The three short years I spent at Harvard, where I lived with excellent people, taught me not only that I must know how to choose my partners but also that choosing excellent partners is a skill you can learn. Obviously, when you spend time with the best, you learn how to choose among them. Jorge Paulo Lemann skills people years It takes the same effort to think small than to think big. But to think big frees you from the insignificant details. Jorge Paulo Lemann small think you effort Maybe I was accepted to Harvard only because of my tennis skills, since I definitively had no great academic achievements. I was 17 and only thought about surfing and playing tennis. I had almost never left Rio de Janeiro and had never been to the United States. Jorge Paulo Lemann never thought great skills Similar Authors Amadeo Giannini banker Agha Hasan Abedi banker Douglas A. Warner III banker David Rockefeller banker Christine Jennings banker Emilio Botin banker All Authors