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.

Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset.

Performance leads to recognition. Recognition brings respect. Respect enhances power. Humility and grace in one's moments of power enhances dignity of an organisation.

Love your Job, but never fall in love with your Company.

You become a star not because of your title; you become a star because you are adding star value to the company

Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning.

A clear conscience is the softest pillow in the world.

Organisations with decision-making speed and imagination will thrive as nobody can claim to have a monopoly over creativity.

The real power of money is the power to give it away.

Character + Chance = Success

Respect, recognition, and reward flow out of performance.

For you to exist on earth, downplay on the religious factor.

If something's permanent, it's definitely not love.

Most of the times, reason for unhappiness is desiring for the things which are far from fulfilling our expectations.

Anything in life worth having is worth working for.

The desire to sacrifice an entire lifetime to the noblest of ideals serves no purpose if one works alone.

It's very simple. If you learn how to write well, to write with depth, cream will rise to the top. You'll get published. But, there is no secret.

I want great food and wine, and friends to enjoy it all.

At the end of the day, it's important to know what really matters most in life...your sanity, your health, your family, and the ability to start anew.

I dream of a Digital India where government is open, and governance is transparent.

There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal.