Ratan Tata Quotes

I ran the wrong kind of business, but I did it with integrity.

There is no such thing as business ethics. There is only one kind -- you have to adhere to the highest standards.

A business is seldom if ever built up except on lines of strictest integrity.

There's one thing very important to me in business and for the long-term: always be honest with people. For the past 60 years, I always pay my debts.

I value my reputation. I work hard to avoid even the appearance of impropriety.

The Golden Rule finds no limit of application in business.

To be in this business and have tremendous integrity and only make distinguished choices is very tough.

You must consider the bottom line, but make it integrity before profits.

We are not nave enough to ask for pure men; we ask merely for men whose impurity does not conflict with the obligations of their job.

We mean to make little business big, and all business honest, instead of striving to make Big Business little, and yet letting it remain dishonest.

Our profession is the chastest of all; even the shadow of a fault tarnishes the luster of our finest achievements.

If I hadn't been fair, I would never have made the $6 billion in real estate deals that I did. I mean, if you're not fair, people don't want to deal with you.

I'm in the movie business; it's meant to be very cutthroat. But you won't find anybody that ever says I cheated them or manipulated them.

A show of a certain amount of honesty is in any profession or business the surest way of growing rich.

In business sharp practice sometimes succeeds, but in art honesty is not only the best but the only policy.

I fully realize that no wealth or position can long endure, unless built upon truth and justice, therefore, I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects.

Just do this one thing: promise yourself you'll never deal underhanded to anybody. You'll be honest in all of your business dealings. That is hard. Conquer that one. Demand it of yourself. Demand a higher standard for yourself and your children and do it.

We must be devoted to sound principles in word and deed: principle above party, principle above pocketbook, principle above popularity.

If it comes down to your ethics vs. a job, choose ethics. You can always find another job.

Integrity is the human quality most necessary to business success.

Do not consider anything for your interest which makes you break your word, quit your modesty or inclines you to any practice which will not bear the light or look the world in the face.

People have no morals, I swear to God. The things that people do for ratings! It's unforgivable.

Look at all those American preachers who got caught with their pants down. They say one thing and they are doing another. I try to be more honest about it, both in my thinking and my behavior.

It is difficult, but not impossible, to conduct strictly honest business.

In matters of business, no woman stops at integrity.