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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
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When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
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Don't find fault, find a remedy.
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If money is your hope for independence you will never have it. The only real security that a man will have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience, and ability.
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
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Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive
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You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
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None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!
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I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.
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I don't believe in taking right decisions.
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Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one - that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be.
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.
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My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
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Givers have to set limits because takers rarely do.
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Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument
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I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.
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Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.
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Quality means doing it right when no one is looking.
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Chop your own wood, and it will warm you twice.
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The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me.
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Don't find fault, find a remedy.
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There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way.
But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to.
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One of the weaknesses of Indian industry is that in many areas.
. like consumer goods.. it is very fragmented. Individually, the companies might not be able to survive. What is needed is a consortium of like companies in one industry, presenting a strong front to the multinationals. The Swiss watch industry did this.
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Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.
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Don't find fault, find a remedy; anybody can complain.
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I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally. It really seems to be helping.
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Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it.
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Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.
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Vision without execution is just hallucination.
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We live in a highly competitive world - and we Indians have to struggle to catch up. So modesty is necessary, even if there is also a need for a certain amount of national pride. When it comes down to it, we have managed our country's economy poorly for long enough. There is really no reason to now think that we can conquer the world.
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I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal opportunity.
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I have always been very confident and very upbeat about the future potential of India. I think it is a great country with great potential.
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You can't build a reputation on what you are going to do.
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Believe in the best ... have a goal for the best, never be satisfied with less than your best, try your best, and in the long run things will turn out for the best
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Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.
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To do more for the world than the world does for you - that is success.
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The whole secret of a successful life is to find out what is one's destiny to do, and then do it.
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I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.
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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
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Those who walk with God always reach their destination.
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Never complain. Never explain.
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My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.
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It is not the employer who pays the wages.
Employers only handle the money. It is the customer who pays the wages.
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If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.
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With God in charge, I believe everything will work out for the best in the end.
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You can take my factories, burn up my buildings, but give me my people and I'll build the business right back again.
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A poor man is not the one without a cent. A poor man is the one without a dream.
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I followed someone who had very large shoes.
He had very large shoes. Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He was a legend in the Indian business community. He had been at the helm of the Tata organization for 50 years. You were almost starting to think he was going to be there forever.
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Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
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One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn't do.
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The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do to more for the betterment of life.
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Whether you think you can, or you think you can't--you're right.
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Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at 20 or 80. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.
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Enthusiasm is the yeast that makes your hopes shine to the stars.
Enthusiasm is the sparkle in your eyes, the swing in your gait. The grip of your hand, the irresistible surge of will and energy to execute your ideas.
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The key to success for everything in business, science and technology is never to follow the others.
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Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right.
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Whether you believe you can or not, you're right.
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Helping others is like helping yourself.