“I have tried not to falter; I have made missteps along the way. But I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb”
– Nelson Mandela
“We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.”
– Walt Disney
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do more for the betterment of life”
– Henry Ford
“The five elements of success are an openness to learn, meritocracy, speed, imagination and excellence in execution”
– NR Narayana Murthy
“There is only one boss. The customer. And he can fire everybody in the company from the chairman on down, simply by spending his money somewhere else”
– Sam Walton
“We are approaching a new age of synthesis. Knowledge cannot be merely a degree or a skill…..it demands a broader vision, capabilities in critical thinking and logical deduction without which we cannot have constructive progress”
– Li Ka Shing
“If you can, be first. If you can’t be first, create a new category in which you can be first”
– Al Ries & Jack Trout
“A business has to be involving, it has to be fun, and it has to exercise your creative instincts”
– Richard Branson
“The innovation challenge will be to craft business strategies that not only deliver unique customer value propositions but also enable a twin impact � of ensuring a positive environmental footprint and creating sustainable livelihoods”
– Y C Deveshwar
“Sustainability has become the foundation of almost all economic thinking nowadays. It is essential not only to economic recovery today, but to ensuring peace and security tomorrow”
– Ban Ki-moon
“The world is not ours, the earth is not ours, it’s a treasure we hold in trust for future generations”
– African Proverb
“Organizations can either be efficient, open and honest, or they can be closed, conspiratorial and inefficient”
– Julian Assange