I've often felt that the Indian tiger has not been unleashed. Ratan Tata More Quotes by Ratan Tata More Quotes From Ratan Tata If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together Ratan Tata walks together want I don't believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right. Ratan Tata decision business believe None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can! Ratan Tata rust iron mindset 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 Ratan Tata moving-on encouraging uplifting Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument Ratan Tata use stones people 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. Ratan Tata business successful inspirational 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. Ratan Tata failure team success Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve. Ratan Tata interest community needs 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. Ratan Tata done hurt people I don't believe in taking right decisions. Ratan Tata right-decision decision believe 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. Ratan Tata taken people thinking 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. Ratan Tata ethics legacy simple 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. Ratan Tata india wings years 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. Ratan Tata done people ideas Young entrepreneurs will make a difference in the Indian ecosystem. Ratan Tata young-entrepreneurs ecosystems differences 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. Ratan Tata greatness opportunity country The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me. Ratan Tata sad-day able 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. Ratan Tata able looks thinking One of the weaknesses of Indian industry is that in many areas.. like consumer goods.. it is very fragmented. Individually, the companies might not be able to survive. What is needed is a consortium of like companies in one industry, presenting a strong front to the multinationals. The Swiss watch industry did this. Ratan Tata survival strength strong We live in a highly competitive world - and we Indians have to struggle to catch up. So modesty is necessary, even if there is also a need for a certain amount of national pride. When it comes down to it, we have managed our country's economy poorly for long enough. There is really no reason to now think that we can conquer the world. Ratan Tata pride struggle country
