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  • 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.

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

  • Quality is first engineered; only then it is inspected

  • No success or achievement in material terms is worthwhile unless it serves the needs or interests of the country and its people and is achieved by fair and honest means.

  • Money is like manure. It stinks when you pile it; it grows when you spread it

  • Nothing worthwhile is ever achieved without deep thought and hard work.

  • Uncommon thinkers reuse what common thinkers refuse

  • Productivity and efficiency can be achieved only step by step with sustained hard work, relentless attention to details and insistence on the highest standards of quality and performance.

  • 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.

    "JRD Tata — A retrospective". tata.com. July 29, 2004.
  • I do not want India to be an economic superpower. I want India to be a happy country.

    "The Business Ethics of J.R.D. Tata". The Hindu, July 29, 2005.
  • The essence of air transport is speed, and speed is unfortunately one of the most expensive commodities in the world, principally because of the disproportionate amount of the power required to achieve high speed and to lift loads thousands of feet into the air. This is strikingly illustrated by the fact that while an average cargo ship, freight train and transport aeroplane are each equipped with engines totalling about 2,500 H.P., the ship can carry a load of about 7,000 tons, the train 800 tons and the plane only two and a half tons.

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    Speech at the Bombay Rotary Club on November 02, 1943. "Keynote: Excerpts from his speeches and chairman's statements to shareholders". Book by J. R. D Tata, 1986.
  • Live Life a little dangerously

  • To lead men, you have to lead them with affection.

  • I know that aiming at perfection has its drawbacks. It makes you go into details that you can avoid but that is the only way you can achieve excellence. So, in that case, being finicky is essential.

  • 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.

  • Cleanliness is the Hallmark of perfect standards and the best quality inspector is the conscience

  • Good human relations not only bring great personal rewards but are essential to the success of any enterprise.

  • 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

  • To be a leader, you have got to lead human beings with affection

  • Always aim at perfection for only then will you achieve excellence

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J. R. D. Tata

  • Born: July 29, 1904
  • Died: November 29, 1993
  • Occupation: Aviator