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

If I have any merit, it is getting along with individuals, according to their ways and characteristics. At times it involves suppressing yourself. It is painful, but necessary. To be a leader you have got to lead human beings 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.

The wealth gathered by Jamsetji Tata and his sons in half a century of industrial pioneering formed but a minute fraction of the amount by which they enriched the nation. The whole of that wealth is held in trust for the people and used exclusively for their benefit. The cycle is thus complete; what came from the people has gone back to the people many times over.

I do not want India to be an economic superpower. I want India to be a happy country.

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