Happy birthday Ratan Tata: 10 inspiring quotes by great industrialist

Tata Sons' Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata
whose Vision & Leadership continues to inspire us everyday has turned 83 today on Monday (December 28, 2020).

Ratan Tata was born on 1937 in Surat, Gujurat, His father's name was Naval Tata while Sooni Tata was his mother.

Naval Tata was the adopted grandson of Jamsetji Tata, founder of the Tata Group. He started his career with Tata Group in 1962 at the age of 25.

He later went to Harvard Business School to complete his studies. He is also an alumnus of the Cornell University College of Architecture.

He at the current time holds a full-time leadership role at Tata Trusts, which owns 66 percent of the group holding company, Tata Sons.

A recipient of two of India's highest civilian honours, including the Padma Vibhushan (2008) and the Padma Bhushan (2000), Ratan Tata took up his first job of managing blast furnace and shovel limestone at Tata Steel in 1961.

Quotes by Ratan Tata that will inspire you to succeed

1. “I don’t believe in taking right decisions. I take decisions and then make them right.”

2. “Business need to go beyond the interest of their companies to the communities they serve.”

3. “People still believe what they read is necessarily the truth.”

4. “If you want to walk fast, walk alone. But if you want to walk far, walk together.”

5. “I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done.”

6. “I’ve often felt that the Indian Tiger has not been unleashed.”

7. “Ups and downs in life are very important to keep us going, because a straight line even in an ECG means we are not alive.”

8. “If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it… If it doesn’t stand the test of public scrutiny then don’t do it.”

9. “Power and wealth are not two of my main stakes.”

10. “None can destroy iron, but its own rust can! Likewise none can destroy a person, but its own mindset can!”