One hundred years from now, I expect the Tatas to be much bigger than it is now. More importantly, I hope the Group comes to be regarded as being the best in India.. best in the manner in which we operate, best in the products we deliver, and best in our value systems and ethics. Having said that, I hope that a hundred years from now we will spread our wings far beyond India.
Interpretation
Ratan Tata emphasizes the importance of growth and ethical standards for the future of his company.
In this quote, Ratan Tata expresses his vision for the Tata Group over the next century, highlighting aspirations for significant growth and a reputation rooted in excellence, ethics, and quality. He emphasizes not only the desire for the company to expand beyond the boundaries of India but also stresses the importance of maintaining strong values and delivering high-quality products.
In practice
In a business conference discussing long-term vision.
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.
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.
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.
Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
It's not whether the glass is half empty or half full, it's who is pouring the water. The key in business and success at any endeavor is doing your best to control your destiny. You can't always do it, but you have to take every opportunity you can to be as prepared as-and ahead of-the competition as you possibly can be.
Without Fred Taylor I would never have become the player I became. Because he was selling defense and I bought it.
The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.
Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare.
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