I don't think that ambition should not be in the dictionary of entrepreneurs. But our ambition should be realistic. You have to realise that you can't do everything.

I think that our fundamental belief is that for us growth is a way of life and we have to grow at all times.

Relationships and trust. This is the bedrock of life.

I personally think that money can do very little. And this has been my experience all across.

Really do a job and do it well.

Essentially, whoever is successful, whoever is going to do things that make a difference, is going to be talked about.

Everybody has equal opportunity, and I think that is true for everything.

You have to manage money. Particularly with market economies. You may have a great product but if your bottom line goes bust then that's it.

In my father's language: "To create something out of nothing." That possibility exists in India even in old-world sectors like agriculture.

My big advantage was to have my father accept me as first-generation.

As long as we place millions of Indians at the centre of our thought process, as long as we think of their welfare, their future, their opportunities for self-realisation we are on the right track.

Life is but a day

Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.

Till the time Mother Nature takes away what she had bestowed upon us for free - this wonderful gift, of life. Value it, while you have it.

Of all the nasty outcomes predicted for women's liberation...none was more alarming than the suggestion that women would eventually become just like men.

What you are trying to let go of...is already gone.

Nothing is so at odds with prayer as vanity.

God always gives grace to the person who knows how to humble himself before Him and who sets his hopes on Him. God only gives grace to humble people.

I think all sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a story about them.

I'm a big toy collector. I've been slowing down because my money's been tight, but I collect toys, too.

The velocity of decision making in government was extraordinary slow. It took 18 to 24 months and 15 to 20 trips to Delhi to get a license to import computers.