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
None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!
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
Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument
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.
Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.
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.
I do not know how history will judge me, but let me say that I've spent a lot of time and energy trying to transform the Tatas from a patriarchal concern to an institutional enterprise. It would, therefore, be a mark of failure on my part if it were perceived that Ratan Tata epitomises the Group's success. What I have done is establish growth mechanisms, play down individuals and play up the team that has made the companies what they are. I, for one, am not the kind who loves dwelling on the 'I'. If history remembers me at all, I hope it will be for this transformation.
The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive.
I don't believe in taking right decisions.
Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem.
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.
The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me.
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.
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.
Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.
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.
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.
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.
One hundred years from now, I expect the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I hope the Group comes to be regarded as being the best in India.. best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value systems and ethics. Having said that, I hope that a hundred years from now we will spread our wings far beyond India.
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.
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.
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 would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing.
