Narayana Murthy Quotes

The tragedy of civil wars in countries like Angola and Mozambique is that they left many civilians maimed. Poverty is the reason HIV/AIDS spread so rapidly in the African townships and slums. Poverty is the real killer.

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Duty makes us do things well, but love makes us do them beautifully.

I am not satisfied in making money for myself. I endeavor to provide employment for hundreds of the women of my race.

If it does not grow, even though you are working hard, it is not because of unfavorable circumstances, bad timing, or bad luck. ... of the past has shown, it is during the bad times that the skilled manager lays firm foundations for future growth.

Don't you know that a good and excellent person does nothing for the sake of appearances, but only for the sake of having acted right?

Don’t sit down and wait for opportunities to come. Get up and make them.

Listen, if you guys wanna move around and shift your asses a little, it's okay. It's okay by us, right? You can take all your clothes off if you like too, doesn't matter... Fuck off! [laughs]

It is a kind of law of nature. The goal one aims for can rarely be reached by a direct road.

Our social mission as a manufacturer is only realized when products reach, are used by, and satisfy the customer... We need to take the customer's skin temperature daily.

No matter how deep a study you make. What you really have to rely on is your own intuition and when it comes down to it, you really don't know what's going to happen until you do it.

Most things still remain to be done!

Leave undone whatever you hesitate to do.

Trying to be happy by accumulating possessions is like trying to satisfy hunger by taping sandwiches all over your body

A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.

If Ali says a mosquito can pull a plow, don't ask how. Hitch him up.