Ratan Tata Quotes

Quotes on Life

Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going because a straight line even in an E.C.G means we are not alive.

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Don’t be serious, enjoy life as it comes.

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A person who is trying to copy others will be a successful person for a while, but he won’t be able to succeed further in life.

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As you grow older, you become everybody becomes – less inflexible and a little more accommodating.

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Quotes on business

A founder who is in for the short run, or has no passion for the sector he is in, doesn’t give me a great deal of comfort.

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Businesses need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.

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If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way.

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I have been telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned, and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas and new processes to get things done.

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Deal with the crisis in such a way that you can hold your head high and sleep well at night.

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If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognize that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail, and some may have problems for other reasons. That is life.

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Quotes for Students

All of us do not have equal talent. Yet all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.

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Take the stones, people throw at you and use them to build a monument.

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Quotes on Leadership

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

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Quotes on Ethics

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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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 no compromises.

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Other Popular Quotes

None can destroy iron, but its own rust can. Likewise, none can destroy a person, but his own mindset can.

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