ratan tata quotes

If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together
Ratan Tata



I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.
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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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None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!
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Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument
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I admire people who are very successful. But if that success has been achieved through too much ruthlessness, then I may admire that person, but I can't respect him.
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India has probably lost its position to China as the world's workshop. At the same time it has the power to be ahead of China when it comes to knowledge. Not that the Chinese are far behind. They will get there. But our challenge is to invest sufficiently in education.
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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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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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The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me.
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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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Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.
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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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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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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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I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful.
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Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.
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I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.
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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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Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.
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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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I don't believe in taking right decisions..
Ratan Tata