Top 12 Lindsay Fox Quotes

Personal relationships are always the key to good business. You can buy networking; you can’t buy friendships.

My father was a truck driver. That’s where it all started, and academically I was a disaster at school. My cousin got his name on the honour board; I, at Melbourne High School, I carved mine on the desk.

Anybody I grew up with in this area – they’re still a mate. Lots of people in the Prahran area gave me my first go. Sold me my trucks on… I don’t know, 100 deposit and 100 a month. Without the support of those guys, you’d still sort of be driving a truck.

Three score and, and ten has always been something that I never thought I’d make. So when I made it, I wanted to celebrate it and I did.

People in business generally have a responsibility to the community. They have to put back into the community from which they take. I think I’ve adopted that all through my life. Caring and sharing are two major fundamentals of life.

Life isn’t about algebra and geometry. Learning by making mistakes and not duplicating them is what life is about.

I’d rather have a pencil and paper and do all my own calculations rather than rely on a machine. And I’ll do most calculations in double digit multiples as quick as the machine.

Basically as a working class boy I understand when there’s not enough money to put food on the table and not knowing where the next dollar comes in from. When you’ve been in that environment as a child, you never lose it.

Gaining my education from practical experience certainly benefited me. If I had gone on to be a lawyer, my life wouldn’t have been anywhere near as interesting.

I was a careless Protestant, my wife was a good Catholic, and we had six kids in seven years and I’d endorse that to everyone.

At Linfox we have zero tolerance. If any alcohol or drugs are found in any drivers’ blood, they are instantly dismissed.

To start your working life after you’ve graduated from school and university, it takes you a long time to get started in the real world. Today, kids are not out into the workforce until 27 or 30 years of age. By the time I was 30, I had six kids and 60 trucks.