Ratan Tata Quotes

I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.

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

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

Powers and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

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

People still believe what they read is necessarily the truth.

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

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.

If we dispense with some of our self-made boundaries, India can really take its place in the world as an economic power. It hasn’t happened because we, sadly, don’t look at ourselves as Indians but as Punjabis or Parsis, unlike the Americans. Don’t make such boundaries.

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.

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

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.

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.

Flying, I continue to be involved with it. I love flying, and I hope to keep doing it so long as I can pass my medicals and stay proficient.

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.

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

I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.

If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it… if it doesn’t stand the test of public scrutiny then don’t do it.

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

The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me.

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

I am interested in what I earn, I am interested in my growth.

I think there are many honest businessmen.

IT and the entire communications business clearly have the greatest potential for growth. But if you’re talking about sheer size, the steel and auto industries will remain at the top.

The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive.

Britain needs a real push. It needs nationalism. The sort of spirit that comes during a war. It needs people really to want to see the UK sitting again, maybe not as a colonial power, but as an economic power.

I have two or three cars that I like, but today, Ferrari would be the best car I have driven in terms of being an impressive car.

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.

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.

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.

What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind.

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.

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.

Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.

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.

Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.

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

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.

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

At Tatas, we believe that if we are not among the top three in an industry, we should look seriously at what it would take to become one of the top three players. Or think about exiting the industry.

I don’t believe in taking right decisions.

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

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

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

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.