Dhirubhai Ambani Quotes

I can't even begin to visualize myself as a five-star general... When I think of the people who are five-star generals, I can't even see myself standing in their shadow.

The incentive to ambition is the love of power.

What strikes me most singular in you is, that you are fonder of Power than of Fame.

I wanted to be the man, the King of Miami.

In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honor, command, power, and glory.

Ambition thinks no face so beautiful as that which looks from under a crown.

One must have ambition and one must understand the minds ... of men.

Children from humble families must be taught how to command just as other children must be taught how to obey.

If you do the job out there on the pitch and you have it under control, as in my case, you want more. You want more responsibility. You want to take care of it all. That is the case with me.

Honestly, if I could be anything, I'd love to be a small-business authority type of person.

Luther Reigns is a powerhouse.

Who wouldn't want to play the leader of the free world?

I had no great love for the trappings of power.

Civilization is always in danger when those who have never learned to obey are given the right to command.

Don't just get involved. Fight for your seat at the table. Better yet, fight for a seat at the head of the table.

Men in power are always interested in greater power.

It would probably be a direct order, shape up your morale. And so he understands command. He understands how to delegate. And I think that [General John Kelly] will bring law and order.

I want to fly! I want to touch the sun!" "Finish your eggs first.

If the Presidents Club had a seal, around the ring would be three words: cooperation, competition, and consolation. On the one hand, the presidents have powerful motives—personal and patriotic—to help one another succeed and comfort one another when they fail. But at the same time they all compete for history’s blessing.

The problem with Indians is that we have lost the habit of thinking big!

At one point, the old school club retires and you're next up to bat, but if you stop before your time, you will see someone else live your dream.

I like being powerful. I hope it doesn't go to my head. If somebody's going to have it, it might just as soon be me. There's always power, and it's just a matter of in whose hands it falls.

The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

He who follows another will never overtake him

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.