Murthy Quotes & Sayings

I think people like Bill Gates, who have given away enormous sums of money, are shining examples for all of us to follow. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The world expects India to be one of the leaders in solving the problems of politics and economics. India sits at the high table in most major multilateral deliberations. What India says is heard with attention and seriousness. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

It is a well-known fact that bringing in technologies in retail sector is good for consumers. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

You can't understand samsara, the cycle of birth and death. But try to understand what you can, for it's the essence of Vedic philosophy. Karma determines birth. It is not an accident. It's the fruit of your karma. — D.V. Murthy

Today, the biggest bottleneck to the growth of a corporation is availability of good talent. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Isn't it strange that the emotions of love and the afflictions of lust are look-alike, bewildering women from discerning the lover from a seducer, and unfortunately for them the language of love and the dialect of lust have a common alphabet causing this confusion. — BS Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Leaders with principles are less likely to get bullied or pushed around because they can draw clear lines in the sand ... The softest pillow is a clear conscience. - Narayana Murthy, founder and CEO, Infosys — Bill George

Lanka's heart lay large barracks. — B.S. Murthy

The velocity of decision making in government was extraordinary slow. It took 18 to 24 months and 15 to 20 trips to Delhi to get a license to import computers. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

people who have made India awesome aren't all politicians. Most of the people that did this are not from the government. Whether it is entrepreneurs like J.R.D. Tata and N.R. Narayana Murthy, sportspersons like Sachin Tendulkar or musicians like A.R. Rahman, people from all walks of life have helped improve our nation. Not just celebrities, but E. Sreedharan, responsible for the Delhi Metro, and Dr Verghese Kurien, who created the Amul revolution, were all ordinary people doing their work extraordinarily well. Mahatma Gandhi and Swami Vivekananda, two of the most influential figures in India's history, never held political office. Aim to be one of those people who made India awesome. — Chetan Bhagat

The boasts of men about their conquests would seem hollow since it's the vulnerability of women that fetches them their favors.. — BS Murthy

Roopa reached that stage in love when a woman feels obliged to keep her love alive so as to sustain her belief in her ability to love and be loved. — BS Murthy

Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The surgeon general is responsible for sharing scientifically-based information with the public so that they can improve their health. But I will say personally that my goal as surgeon general is to help build a culture of prevention in America so that we are a nation that is as good at preventing illness as we are at treating it. — Vivek Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Any mechanism that will ensure benefits to consumer, any mechanism that will ensure that we do not waste food grains, any mechanism that helps the poorest of the poor is a welcome step. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

You become a star not because of your title; you become a star because you are adding star value to the company — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The quest for self improvement and personal growth is now an integral part of my life. I'm always looking for ways to increase my capacity to grow, develop and achieve more.
And that means, I'm willing to read, observe, listen, discuss, research and do whatever it takes to become a better improved me. I hope you are too. — Murali Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

It is better to underpromise and overdeliver than vice versa. For this one need not break the law of the land. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

All developmental activities for the common man such as education, healthcare, shelter and food distribution should be handled by reputed private sector institutions. It should be a competitive market in order to prevent the formation of monopolies. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

A great leader also has the ability to make people an inch taller in his presence. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

My passion is to create a better society for our future citizens. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I have no desire to enter politics. Because I am not suited for that. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Jack Welch is someone who I have always admired. In India, Narayana Murthy is someone who I have great respect for. — Kumar Mangalam Birla

A professorship appeals very much because I enjoy being with younger people. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Nobody is bothered about an institution more than its alumni. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I have known Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla for a long time. He is a good man. He is a decent man. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Somebody once told me that self-punishment is worse than any other punishment. — Phaneesh Murthy

You need to mesh the voices of people with expertise and meritocracy. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Kumar Mangalam Birla is one of the most respected business persons. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

We all, as engineers, doctors, have a big responsibility to bring smiles on the faces of suffering humanity. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Indian IT corporations have made work in the U.S. much more efficient by enhancing their productivity and quality of work. We have helped to add sufficient value to the corporations in the U.S. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

In order to improve healthcare, we'll have to spend more on it, increase accountability and decentralize services, enforce standards and reinstate people's faith in it. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Clearly, healthcare is a very important sector. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I am a man in a hurry. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

To me, patriotism is about working ethically and wholeheartedly in our chosen field. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Organisations with decision-making speed and imagination will thrive as nobody can claim to have a monopoly over creativity. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Science is about unravelling nature. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

And then he realized that the thing that was blocking his passage was cleared, and he was falling; his body had begun its short earthly flight - which it completed almost instantaneously - before Yogesh Murthy's soul was released for its much longer flight over the oceans of the other world. — Aravind Adiga

Progress is often equal to the difference between mind and mindset. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

There is only one ingredient for innovation and that is the power of the human mind. As long as a company is able to attract, enable, empower and retain the best of the brightest, it will have a play. As long as the leadership of companies ensure that the physically and mentally tired mind that leaves office at whatever 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm or 9:00 pm comes back mentally and physically reenergised and enthusiastic to add significant value to the customer next morning, the job is done. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Oh, women's god-damn coyness makes it difficult for men to probe their minds; it could be either a shield for their modesty or a shroud of their coquetry. — BS Murthy

What difference does a New Year make for me but for the change of the calendar?' said Roopa gravely. — BS Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Being Indian-American, I have tremendous potential to grow facial hair. — Vivek Murthy

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

It's the irony of woman's life in that she tends to turn her assets to her own detriment in that while her psyche seeks to see her man strong; her instinct tries to weaken him. — BS Murthy

The unique instrument to eradicate poverty and usher in prosperity is our youth. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Although we have enough healthcare support, often it doesn't reach the poor and needy. In this scenario, technology is the best solution. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Even if a company is taken private, at some stage people want to make it public. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I do not believe in any legacy. The past is dead and gone. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

India needs to sustain its high growth rate. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Whether we admit to it or not, all of us savor scandals involving paramours. At the back of it could be our innate desire to be the lover of every desirable dame that is born. In order to savor the details, we convert these private affairs into public scandals. If the involved were to be rich and famous, then we have them in the tabloids. It's as if we try to supplant the woman's lover in our dreams. — BS Murthy

I have to be careful when I'm around sweets. — Vivek Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

You do not have to be the son of a rich man to be an entrepreneur. Today kids are far more willing to take risks because they've seen high rewards. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Leading by example is the most powerful advice you can give to anybody. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I am a believer in the adage - performance leads to recognition, recognition leads to respect and respect leads to power. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The real power of money is the power to give it away. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Most people think that you need to be healthy in order to happy. — Vivek Murthy

The biggest impediment to growth is in our minds and not in the world outside, and only constant in the world is change. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I have always focused on the bottom line. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

A lot of people have misconceptions about what the surgeon general does. — Vivek Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The lack of financial strength to avail healthcare is a major challenge. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Growth is painful. Change is painful. But, nothing is as painful as staying stuck where you do not belong. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Dusk would fall in another hour. He — R. K. Murthy

Infosys is an absolute meritocracy. Even in a meritocracy, other things being equal, you have to give opportunity to the more experienced candidate. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Respect, recognition, and reward flow out of performance. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

The problem is the policy makers don't have practitioners in the policy team. You won't make an IT policy without consulting a Narayan Murthy or Nandan Nilekani. But for energy, people think they know everything and they know what to do for it. That's how the policies are created in Delhi and that needs to change. — Ramon Magsaysay

When people get rich, they cut themselves off from the context that has earned them these riches - the context of the common men. They forget they are part of society. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Oh, in the entire path of love, the steps that lead up to sex are the most slippery, one false step and it could make man slip out of woman's favor, forever. — BS Murthy

I'm lucky because I have the ability to look at the brighter side of life. — Phaneesh Murthy

My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I have always looked at my competencies before accepting any responsibility. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

She has many names and many visages. She has loves and desires. She dares to dream of a future for herself and her people, despite living under the shadow of the gun, the acrid odour of devastation clogging her nostrils. For the most part she is stoic, for the garrison is also her home, her workplace, her field and her playground. Sometimes, she cries out in anguish, but the sound is muted, for there are few who want to hear. Her suffering and courage would be the stuff of legend, if only legend consisted of ordinary women carrying out extraordinary acts, going about the daily business of survival, displaying super-human strength in countering a mighty military juggernaut. — Laxmi Murthy

I made my money in an honest way. And I have declared it all. By co-founding Infosys along with Mr. Murthy and others, I earned financially. — Nandan Nilekani

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. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

Lot of companies are looking for advisory work on business strategy, restructuring work. — Phaneesh Murthy

In the fullness of time, when it is our turn to give, we must in turn plant gardens that we may never eat the fruit of, which will benefit the generations to come. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I have met so many people who are negative, and it tells on their attitude towards life and towards everything. — Phaneesh Murthy

A clear conscience is the softest pillow in the world. — N. R. Narayana Murthy

I believe all universities should at least offer courses in politics and policy implementation. — N. R. Narayana Murthy