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.
Interpretation
Ratan Tata emphasizes the importance of integrity in business and a desire for a positive legacy.
In this quote, Ratan Tata expresses his resolve to remain outside the political arena, prioritizing his reputation as a straightforward businessman. He values transparency and success defined by ethical standards over political involvement, underscoring the significance of integrity and the type of legacy one leaves behind.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about ethical business practices at a corporate event.
I am proud of my country. But we need to unite to make a unified India, free of communalism and casteism. We need to build India into a land of equal opportunity for all. We can be a truly great nation if we set our sights high and deliver to the people the fruits of continued growth, prosperity and equal opportunity.
Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive
If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way.
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.
I may have hurt some people along the way, but I would like to be seen as somebody who has done his best to do the right thing for any situation and not compromised.
I can tell you in all honesty that I am highly connected to my family, my wife, and my three children, though I don't get to spend dollops of hours with them.
A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.
Records are there to be broken. Lots of people would love to swap their world record for an Olympic medal, but for me, my medals are there forever and ever, and that's what does it for me.
Much of our American progress has been the product of the individual who had an idea; pursued it; fashioned it; tenaciously clung to it against all odds; and then produced it, sold it, and profited from it.
The key to success is to find a way to stand out--to be the purple cow in a field of monochrome Holsteins.
It's only lonely at the top if you forget all the people you met along the way and fail to acknowledge their contributions to your success.
There is a kind of success that is indistinguishable from panic.
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