Rajkumar Hirani Quotes

Improvising political dialogue is not easy.

I look at the group I've got and then I decide what strengths and weaknesses they have and then I formulate an appropriate way the players can work in order to be collectively successful.

Part of your job as President is not only to make the tough calls, but to get people to agree with you.

Don't beg, don't threaten and don't assume you're always right.

Good political leadership for me involves getting the big decisions right - however difficult, however controversial, however potentially divisive and then being able to take people with you.

It doesn’t matter if you’ve got the right side of the argument, it just matters whether you have the right ear.

Diplomacy takes time.

… deterrence success is heavily dependent both on signaling the adversary on your intentions and on that adversary interpreting your signals correctly. Communications, through words and deeds, is thus central to a deterrence relationship.

Negotiating is an art—it is a real art.

We are the worst propagandists in the world, and you are the next worst. Why not consult someone better?

A huge amount of negotiations and diplomacy has nothing to do with bartering or arguing but is just trying to get everyone [doing the negotiating] on the same page. It takes yours, days, even weeks sometimes.

In politics, you must learn to say 'no' without offending people. That is an art that one must master: to satisfy a person even when you have to say 'no' to him.

The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.

To be the organization that we want to be, we have to have a place to play.

Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.

God and my dad gave me the gift of gab. I know how to finagle.

Politics demands certain skills honed by experience, just as journalism does, just as acting does.

My goal is to make the biggest difference possible in the world. I have only so many resources and so much time.

Wherever you interact with people, you have the opportunity to influence people. This isn't something you necessarily jam down somebody's throat, but it is something you can - gently and over time - begin to cultivate wherever you are.

I always think how I should play to make the most out of my teammates' abilities and their established styles.

I enjoy difficult tasks. What's hard is finding the people to do them and finding a team to actually enjoy success. That is the real challenge of success.

When you're trying to persuade people, more often than not, they feel you're being pushy. When you focus on influencing them, they're much less defensive and open to hearing what you have to say.

I have been in many teams that have had loads of talent but did not make it through and been with teams that did not have that much talent and ended up being champions.

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

I've been pretty good at negotiating.