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
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
My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
Rahul Gandhi is very idealistic and a very decent human being. He has real concerns for the downtrodden. – 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
I’ve always enjoyed mathematics. It is the most precise and concise way of expressing any idea. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
The future of any corporation is as good as the value system of the leaders and followers in the organization. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
Infosys demonstrated to the world that an Indian company could implement standards of quality, operations, finance that compare with the best. That is a legacy I am happy with. – 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
Leadership is about doing the right thing, even if it going against a vast number of naysayers and mediocre people. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
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. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
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
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
I think India has several advantages in the knowledge sector, in the software sector. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
If England became a world power, it was because of the industrial revolution. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
Mahatma Gandhi was someone who demonstrated the tremendous power of leadership by example. – N. R. Narayana Murthy
