J R D Tata

Never Start With Diffidence, Always Start With Confidence

Uncommon Thinkers Reuse What Common Thinkers Refuse

When You Work, Work As If Everything Depends On You. When You Pray, Pray As If Everything Depends On God

Money Is Like Manure. It Stinks When You Pile It It Grows When You Spread It

I Do Not Want India To Be An Economic Superpower. I Want India To Be A Happy Country

Most Of Our Troubles Are Due To Poor Implementation, Wrong Priorities And Unattainable Targets

Good Human Relations Not Only Bring Great Personal Rewards But Are Essential To The Success Of Any Enterprise

Always Aim At Perfection For Only Then Will You Achieve Excellence

Growing Organisations In Any Field Must Constantly Evolve, Accept Or Even Seek New Ideas, New Visions, And New Enthusiasms.

Live Life A Little Dangerously

I Never Had Any Interest In Making Money. None Of My Decisions Were Influenced By Whether It Would Bring Me Money Or Wealth

Cleanliness Is The Hallmark Of Perfect Standards And The Best Quality Inspector Is The Conscience

Common People Have An Appetite For Food Uncommon People Have An Appetite For Service

Nothing Worthwhile Is Ever Achieved Without Deep Thought And Hard Work

To Be A Leader, You Have Got To Lead Human Beings With Affection

Making Steel May Be Compared To Making A Chappati. To Make A Good Chappati, Even A Golden Pin Will Not Work Unless The Dough Is Good

Quality Is First Engineered Only Then It Is Inspected

I Am Rather Inclined To Silence, And Whether That Be Wise Or Not, It Is At Least More Unusual Nowadays To Find A Man Who Can Hold His Tongue Than To Find One Who Cannot.

The Best Thing About The Future Is That It Comes One Day At A Time.

The Way For A Young Man To Rise Is To Improve Himself In Every Way He Can, Never Suspecting That Anybody Wishes To Hinder Him.

Character Is Like A Tree And Reputation Like A Shadow. The Shadow Is What We Think Of It; The Tree Is The Real Thing.

Everybody Likes A Compliment.

Better To Remain Silent And Be Thought A Fool Than To Speak Out And Remove All Doubt.

I Do The Very Best I Know How – The Very Best I Can; And I Mean To Keep On Doing So Until The End.

The Best Way To Destroy An Enemy Is To Make Him A Friend.

You Can Fool All The People Some Of The Time, And Some Of The People All The Time, But You Cannot Fool All The People All The Time.

No Man Is Good Enough To Govern Another Man Without The Other’s Consent.

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand.

In The End, It’s Not The Years In Your Life That Count. It’s The Life In Your Years.

Give Me Six Hours To Chop Down A Tree And I Will Spend The First Four Sharpening The Axe.

I Remember My Mother’s Prayers And They Have Always Followed Me. They Have Clung To Me All My Life.

Hold On With A Bulldog Grip, And Chew And Choke As Much As Possible.

When I Am Getting Ready To Reason With A Man, I Spend One-third Of My Time Thinking About Myself And What I Am Going To Say And Two-thirds About Him And What He Is Going To Say.

I Like To See A Man Proud Of The Place In Which He Lives. I Like To See A Man Live So That His Place Will Be Proud Of Him.

The Things I Want To Know Are In Books; My Best Friend Is The Man Who’ll Get Me A Book I Ain’t Read.