N. R. Narayana Murthy

Businessman

1946-08-20

Quotes by N. R. Narayana Murthy

• We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity.

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• 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.

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

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• 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.

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• 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.

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• 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.

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

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

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• I am what we call a 'karma yogi' in Sanskrit. A karma yogi is somebody who believes in data. I collect a lot of data.

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

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