Top 80 N. R. Narayana Murthy Quotes

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

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 taxes.’ I have been arguing with successive finance ministers on this.

A professorship appeals very much because I enjoy being with younger people.

I think there are opportunities outside India as well as in India. In fact, some of the largest projects that most Indian software companies are doing are in India.

Even if a company is taken private, at some stage people want to make it public.

If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

India needs to sustain its high growth rate.

Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.

Every company has to identify what I call its strategic resources, and make sure that it grabs as much of its strategic resources as possible.

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

I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone.

Effective use of technology is important to deliver healthcare. By leveraging technology, you can bring down lack of access and cost of healthcare.

I want Infosys to be a company which is globally respected and in where people belonging to different nationalities, races and religious beliefs will work with intense competition but utmost courtesy, dignity and co-operation in adding greater value to our stakeholders day after day.

It’s well proved economics that if a country which is rich and a country that is poor come together in global trade, sooner or later the standard of living of the poor country will go up towards that of the rich country.

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 idea – you have to know when to give up an idea.

If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.

If the U.S. became the undisputed superpower that it is today, it was primarily because of its technology, whether it is in transportation, agriculture, high-tech industry, medicine, etc.

The primary difference that I have found between the system of education in India and other countries, particularly the U.S., is that they focus on problem solving and relating theories to reality around them. These two things are lacking in the education system in India.

My passion is to create a better society for our future citizens.

I am a man in a hurry.

I am a man in a hurry.

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.

We are not the same India that the world saw in the 1970s and ’80s. Hence, we have a responsibility to live up to the pedestal on which we have been put.

The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization.

I think, at the end of the day, you have to reduce friction to businesses, ideally to zero, so that more and more entrepreneurs can create more and more jobs with higher and higher disposable income.

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 it. The hope is to pass on the baton to somebody who will run faster and run a better marathon.

Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent.

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

Kumar Mangalam Birla is one of the most respected business persons.

I think every country has to recognize its competitive advantage and liberate its strengths to be a partner in global trade, and that’s the only way you can survive and succeed.

Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.

If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution.

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.

You need to mesh the voices of people with expertise and meritocracy.

I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility.

If longevity is the best index to measure a company, a basic requirement is the ability of the corporation to generate new and new leaders.

When you are in business for a long time, you go through good times and bad times. When you go through bad times, you learn to control costs, satisfy customers better, satisfy employees better and become more transparent. Therefore, you build character in the company.

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

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

Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden.

I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation.

Even the most dishonest officer would want to be seen as a role model for his children.

Effective use of technology is important to deliver healthcare. By leveraging technology, you can bring down lack of access and cost of healthcare.

Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.

Hinduism has an enormous capacity to absorb from outside influences and accept it in a peaceful and steady manner without perturbing the system.

I have known Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla for a long time. He is a good man. He is a decent man.

Clearly, healthcare is a very important sector.

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

Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn’t reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution.

If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence.

The principle of democracy is all about delegation of power by the vast majority of citizens through a few chosen representatives chosen on merit and competence.

Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni.

It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers.

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.

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 that all these failures are corrected and help create a civilised society with equal opportunities for one and all.

The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth.

I think, my own personal view is there should be higher and higher levels of autonomy; government should not interfere in setting up colleges, in running colleges. The market, the society will decide which is a good university, which is not a good university, rather than government mandating.

Entrepreneurship is all about an idea that creates differentiated business value to one’s customers. You must be able to convince your customers about the benefits that association with you or your products will give them. People are ready to pay if they are convinced about your services or products.

The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change.

Even if a company is taken private, at some stage people want to make it public.

I want Infosys to be a company which is globally respected and in where people belonging to different nationalities, races and religious beliefs will work with intense competition but utmost courtesy, dignity and co-operation in adding greater value to our stakeholders day after day.