Take the stones people throw at you, and use them to build a monument

The strong live and the weak die. There is some bloodshed, and out of it emerges a much leaner industry, which tends to survive.

I have also made this a point in our company: We need to stop taking baby steps and start thinking globally. It really seems to be helping.

I came seriously close to getting married four times, and each time I backed off in fear or for one reason or another. Each occasion was different, but in hindsight when I look at the people involved, it wasn't a bad thing what I did. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place.

I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.

I think the Tata Group's greatest contribution to the growth of the Indian economy and Indian industry probably happened in the pre-independence era. The Group's investments in industries such as steel, textiles, power and hotels were certainly driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, but they were driven even more, I think, by a desire to make India self-sufficient and independent of its colonial masters then.

If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it.