Most of our troubles are due to poor implementation….wrong priorities and unattainable targets

The essence of air transport is speed, and speed is unfortunately one of the most expensive commodities in the world, principally because of the disproportionate amount of the power required to achieve high speed and to lift loads thousands of feet into the air. This is strikingly illustrated by the fact that while an average cargo ship, freight train and transport aeroplane are each equipped with engines totalling about 2,500 H.P., the ship can carry a load of about 7,000 tons, the train 800 tons and the plane only two and a half tons.

To lead men, you have to lead them with affection.

To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection

If you want excellence, you must aim at perfection. It makes you go into detail that you can avoid. It takes a lot of energy out of you but that's the only way you finally actually achieve excellence. So in that sense, being finicky is essential.

Making steel may be compared to making a chappati. To make a good chappati, even a golden pin will not work unless the dough is good

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