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

What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

He who is not everyday conquering some fear has not learned the secret of life.

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.

A man becomes what he thinks about most of the time

You cannot see the mountain near.

Continual failure is a road to success - if you have the strength to go on.

It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

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

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.