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

Play on the frontiers of technology. Be ahead of the tomorrows.

There is no question about that (retirement). Business is my hobby. It is not a burden to me. In any case Reliance now can run without me.

I consider myself a pathfinder. I have been excavating the jungle and making the road for others to walk. I like to be the first in everything I do.

The success of the young entrepreneur will be the key to India’s transformation in the new millennium.

Tax is for the poor or the stupid people.

Give the youth a proper environment. Motivate them. Extend them the support they need. Each one of them has infinite source of energy. They will deliver.

The problem with Indians is that we have lost the habit of thinking big!

Between my past, the present and the future, there is one common factor: Relationship and Trust. This is the foundation of our growth

If you work with determination and with perfection, success will follow.

Only when you dream it you can do it.

Pursue your goals even in the face of difficulties, and convert adversities into opportunities.

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.

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.