Azim Premji People Quotations

With the attention I got on my wealth, I thought I would have become a source of resentment, but it is just the other way around - it just generates that much more ambition in many people.

People have to take control of their own lives. Education is key because it also raises other social indicators like healthcare.

People are the key to success or extraordinary success.

I think the most important reason for our success is that very early in our quest into globalisation, we invested in people - and we have done that consistently and particularly in the service business.

How can you contribute towards building the Indian society and the Indian nation? No better way than to upgrade the quality of young people in school, particularly the schools which are run by the state government in the villages.

We run courses for government school teachers on Sundays. These teachers pay for their own food and stay; the kind of commitment you find in these people is remarkable.

You must get engaged with people who are far less privileged than you. I think you must devote your time if not your resources... Because it is very, very important from the point of view of the development of our country.

My company believes in hiring people based on merit.

Leadership is the self-confidence of working with people smarter than you.

For us Japan is a much higher priority. We find there are challenges in China -- the stability of people, intellectual property, uncertain cash flows. They are hard-working people but they don't have democracy. When they have a transition to democracy there are going to be huge challenges.

I think they are getting their act together now. Fundamentally GM is a very strong company. I think it will pull out of it faster than people expect them to.

We compete with global companies and are primarily in the services business, which is highly people dependent.