39 Quotes by Tony Fernandes

Aviation is for the common man. My goal is to enable everyone to fly. It shouldn't be only for the rich.

When I started my airline business, I didn't know everything, right? If I start up a newspaper tomorrow, I might get ripped off by journalists. You'd be naive to think you know everything from day one.

I'm not cynical or bitter in any way. Life's too short; you get ripped off, but if you hold a grudge, it's going to affect you. You take it on the chin, you learn, you try not to make the same mistakes.

Winning is an amazing feeling. You don't get that in business; you don't get that in many things.

Good leadership is to know when to go, and you only succeed as a good leader if you've transported someone else in and the company gets stronger. Then you've succeeded as leader.

In AirAsia, we consider ourselves basically a dream factory. We deliberately decided that we wanted a company where people can pursue their passion, and we wanted to make use of all the talent that we have in-house.

I look for people who have drive, who have ambition, who are humble. I've hired many people at very strange places.

My whole life has always been about looking for that person that money can't buy in that they've got a bee in their bonnet.

My whole life's been stability. People who have worked with me have for a long time. Air Asia is the same people who started it.