Dhirubhai Ambani Quotes

I just invent, then wait until man comes around to needing what I've invented.

Entrepreneurial business favours the open mind. It favours people whose optimism drives them to prepare for many possible futures, pretty much purely for the joy of doing so.

I find out what the world needs. Then I go ahead and try to invent it

I am not a finisher, I am a starter. And I am always thinking, what is the next project.

As an entrepreneur, you tend to see the opportunities where others see none.

I like to be an idea person. I like to pull different people together and find new talent.

Leaders don't look backwards to condemn what has already been done; they look forward to create a better future.

The next big project, you yourself have to conceive.

Diversifying, to me, is the product of having an idea and knowing to say, 'Let's do it.'

For me, being an innovator doesn't mean being more intelligent, more rich, it's not a word, it's an action.

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

Intellectuals solve problems, geniuses prevent them.

The lessons I learned from the dark days at Alibaba are that you've got to make your team have value, innovation, and vision. Also, if you don't give up, you still have a chance. And, when you are small, you have to be very focused and rely on your brain, not your strength.

Business is about people. It's about passion. It's about bold ideas, bold small ideas or bold large ideas.

I'm a visionary. I'm not a maintenance person.

Great leaders, like Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos, also focused on the long term.

I enjoy getting things done. My philosophy is the edge, the edge of something. There's where we have to go in local government, in not only the philosophy but the creativity in people around you. They have to go to the edge.

Everyone in New York is fluid and thinking and inspiring each other.

I really want to be part of things from the ground up wherever possible. Not to say that I'm not open to being a gun for hire - I am, absolutely - but I really enjoy developing.

Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not.

To be successful be ahead of your time, but only a little.

Los Angeles is not a town full of airheads. There's a great deal of wonderful energy there. They say 'yes' to things; not like the endless 'nos' and 'hrrumphs' you get in England!

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world to keep busy at.

We must use time creatively.

Our job as leaders is to find those innovators and release their mojo - lean startup-style - to serve the American people better.