N. R. Narayana Murthy

When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society.

When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.

India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all.

The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth.

The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.

The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.

If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.

We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and '80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.

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