Quotes by N. R. Narayana Murthy

“It's very important to learn quick lessons from your failures, very important to recognize symptoms of failure pretty early, and it is very, very important to not to be attached too much to the ide...”

“Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.”

“The lack of financial strength to avail healthcare is a major challenge.”

“India is known for much development that has happened since our independence, but at the same time, we have also failed on many levels. It is the responsibility of the future generation to ensure t...”

“All developmental activities for the common man such as education, healthcare, shelter and food distribution should be handled by reputed private sector institutions. It should be a competitive mar...”

“Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people.”

“Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example.”

“I was the first businessman to say, 'You should give tax benefit to only small companies. You should say your profits are exempt to a limit of Rs. 50 crore or so, but beyond that, you should pay ta...”

“Infosys demonstrated to the world that an Indian company could implement standards of quality, operations, finance that compare with the best. That is a legacy I am happy with.”

“Often times I have been asked about the attributes for success, and I have said that you need two attributes for succeeding as an entrepreneur: one, courage, second, luck.”

“To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field.”

“Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong.”

“When you run a part of the relay and pass on the baton, there is no sense of unfinished business in your mind. There is just the sense of having done your part to the best of your ability. That is ...”

“Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning.”

“I marvel at how one role model can alter for the better the future of a young student. This experience taught me that valuable advice can sometimes come from an unexpected source, and chance events...”

“...entrepreneurship, resulting in large-scale job creation, was the only viable mechanism for eradicating poverty in societies.”

“It is less important, I believe, where you start. It is more important how and what you learn. If the quality of the learning is high, the development gradient is steep, and, given time, you can fi...”

“Learning from experience, however, can be complicated. It can be much more difficult to learn from success than from failure. If we fail, we think carefully about the precise cause. Success can ind...”

“I am struck by the incredible role played by the interplay of chance events with intentional choices. While the turning points themselves are indeed often fortuitous, how we respond to them is anyt...”

“A fixed mindset, creates a tendency to avoid challenges, to ignore useful negative feedback and leads such people to plateau early and not achieve their full potential.”