“I sincerely believe that Indians have the ability to compete with the best in the world.”

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks. Better we keep biscuits and go.

Often people think opportunity is a matter of luck. I believe opportunities are all around us. Some seize it. Others stand and let it pass by.

If you don’t build your dream, someone else will hire you to help them build theirs.

A vision has to be within reach not in the air. It has to be achievable.

My commitment is to produce at the cheapest price and the best quality.

For those who dare to dream, there is a whole world to win!

Don’t give up, courage is my conviction.

I am deaf to the word ‘no’.

Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

We can’t change our rulers, but we can least teach them how to rule us.

We must always go for the best. Do not compromise on quality. Reject if it is not the best – not only the best in India, but globally.

A motivated manpower is the most important thing.

Meeting the deadlines is not good enough, beating the deadlines is my expectation.

True entrepreneurship comes only from risk-taking.

My commitment is to produce at the cheapest price and the best quality.

You do not require an invitation to make profits.

I was an okay singer. I was an okay dancer. But acting? Never could do it.

I’ve never really been settled. I don’t think I’ve ever known what it was like to be a person that was used to sitting still. I think it’s given me the ability to detach from any situation.

I don’t think your ability to fight has anything to do with how big you are. It’s to do with how much anger is in you.

Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.

We are what we think we are. The habitual inclination of our thoughts determines our talents and abilities, and our personality. So whatever you want to be, start to develop that pattern now.

Faith in anything, be it positive or negative, produces results. Putting faith in fear generates destructive results, beginning with the disintegration of our ability to relate confidently to the external world.

Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability.

As secretary of state it’s been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much – I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.