Verghese Kurien Professions : Entrepreneur Born : November 26, 1921 Died : September 9, 2012 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Verghese Kurien I have often spoken of integrity as the most important of these values, realizing that integrity – and personal integrity, at that – is being honest to yourself. If you are always honest to yourself, it does not take much effort in always being honest with others. Verghese Kurien effort important integrity India's place in the sun would come from the partnership between wisdom of its rural people and skill of its professionals Verghese Kurien india skills people The way to improve productivity is not to bring in experts to talk about inputs - seed, equipment and materials, pesticides or water supply. The way to start is to provide an assured market, a fair price, and a system through which rural producers can market their produce which is reasonably efficient and can transfer to them the maximum share of the consumers' money. If such a structure is erected, the producers will then seek the inputs and materials they need to increase their production and productivity. Verghese Kurien experts water needs In every crisis, if you look carefully, you will spot an opportunity. My insistence is on finding and seizing that opportunity. I never try to side-step a crisis. Rather, the more monstrous the crises, the more I am tempted to rush at it, grasp it by the horns and man-oeuvre it until it gives me what I want Verghese Kurien opportunity giving men Similar Authors Adam Khoo entrepreneur Brian Epstein entrepreneur Bruno Zheng Wu entrepreneur Bruce Poon Tip entrepreneur Brian Wong entrepreneur Brian Tracy entrepreneur All Authors