The day I am not able to fly will be a sad day for me. Ratan Tata More Quotes by Ratan Tata More Quotes From Ratan Tata 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. Ratan Tata babyneedsthinking 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. Ratan Tata indiacountrythinking I would say that one of the things I wish I could do differently would be to be more outgoing. Ratan Tata outgoingwould-bewish The political system of the People's Republic of China can make things easy. Decisions are made quickly and results come quickly, too. In our democracy [in India], on the other hand, such things are extremely difficult. Ratan Tata decisionhandspeople Some foreign investors accuse us of being unfair to shareholders by using our resources for community development. Yes, this is money that could have made for dividend payouts, but it also is money that's uplifting and improving the quality of life of people in the rural areas where we operate and work. We owe them that. Ratan Tata moneyupliftingpeople I followed someone who had very large shoes. He had very large shoes. Mr. J. R. D. Tata. He was a legend in the Indian business community. He had been at the helm of the Tata organization for 50 years. You were almost starting to think he was going to be there forever. Ratan Tata shoesyearsthinking 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. Ratan Tata scrutinytestsifs India has probably lost its position to China as the world's workshop. At the same time it has the power to be ahead of China when it comes to knowledge. Not that the Chinese are far behind. They will get there. But our challenge is to invest sufficiently in education. Ratan Tata chineseindiachallenges The country is now universally recognised as a nation on the move and takes its place amongst the successful economies in the region. The future potential is enormous but the country's destiny is in our hands. The time has come to move from small increments to bold, large initiatives. The time has come to stretch the envelope and set goals which were earlier not seen to be possible. The time has come for performance to be measured and for allocated funds of the government to reach the people for whom they were intended. Ratan Tata inspirationalcountrymoving The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive. Ratan Tata survivalstrengthstrong The early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and remained personally very wealthy. Tata's were different in the sense the future generations were not so wealthy. They were involved in the business but most of the family wealth was put into trust and most of the family did not in fact did not enjoy enormous wealth. Ratan Tata generationsdifferentbusiness 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. Ratan Tata ferraricartwo I think the environment has become more competitive. That has made Indian industry more concerned with a) its customers, b) the quality of its products, and c) its brand image in the marketplace. Ratan Tata competitionqualitythinking 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. Ratan Tata cleantwistssuccessful When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel they need to do something. Ratan Tata childrenpeoplethinking I've never believed protectionism of that kind will lead us anywhere. I think you can have certain specific rules for engaging with India.. for example, not allowing mineral resources to be taken out of the country.. but there is not a shred of doubt in my mind that when you open an economy you should do it in totality. Foreign investment adds a sense of competition; we should see this as a wake-up call to modernise and upgrade. Companies that do not will undoubtedly die. Ratan Tata takencountrythinking 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. Ratan Tata growthcommunicationtalking I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group's investments in industries such as steel, textiles, power and hotels were certainly driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, but they were driven even more, I think, by a desire to make India self-sufficient and independent of its colonial masters then. Ratan Tata independentselfthinking 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. Ratan Tata encouragementrealwar 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. Ratan Tata entityleft-behindethics
