Narendra Modi Quotes

FDI is a responsibility for Indians & an opportunity for the World. My definition of FDI for the people of India is 'First Develop India'.

No development strategy can be based only upon what comes out of the ground, nor can it be sustained while young people are out of work.

Recognising that the future growth of India will depend on greater skill development, the National Policy for Skill Development aims to create a skilled workforce of 500 million by 2022.

People of India who work day and night, they are my inspiration. I look at them and I work even harder.

BRICS should be driven by 'People to People' contact. It should explore developing innovative mechanisms of Youth engagement.

If people of India can reach Mars with minimal expenditure, why can they not keep their streets and colonies clean.

We are in a technological age. It is continuing to evolve - and fast. We should not only embrace it, but we should realize that what our skilled workforce is going to look in the future will change. We need to be training people to be prepared for it.

When we talk about Skill India Mission, we do not merely talk about filling the pockets of people. We want to instil a sense of self-confidence among the poor.

It's always nice to share your energy with young people, the people who might not have any skills but are simply willing to be a part of it.

About 800 million people in India are below the age of 35 years. Their aspirations, energy, enterprise and skills will be the force for India's economic transformation.

India is the Saudi Arabia of human resources for the 21st century. The power that we used to get from oil in 20th century, we will get it from people like you in 21st century.

The ultimate resource in economic development is people. It is people, not capital or raw materials that develop an economy.

Mandela didn't end Apartheid in South Africa, the poor guy was in jail for 27 years, it was the African people that ended it but he was a symbol of their struggle. Or Gandhi in India, Gandhi was a great believer in non-violence and he was in and out of jail, but India became free. I think it's better to look at what people can do collectively and that's why it's so important to encourage them.

One thing that's clear in the Scriptures is that the nations do not lead people to peace; rather, people lead the nations to peace.

People need new tools to work with rather than new tools that work for them.

Hugh [Evans] called us. And obviously this has been on our radar for all the years it's been going on. And each year obviously reaches more and more people, and it's high profile. Hugh reached out to our manager just down the street. And we said we're here [ on GLOBAL CITIZEN in the Central Park] to help and do whatever we can.

Just because some people can do something with little or no training, it doesn't mean that others can't do it (and sometimes do it even better) with training.

People don't change under governments. Governments change. People remain the same.

In an era of globalisation, AIESEC's programmes have helped young people around the world to develop a broader understanding of cultural socio-economic and business management issues.

I'm enormously interested in freedom and retaining the right to have whatever economy we want and to shape it as we want and a having sufficient Democracy so that the people actually hold their Government in their own hands.

Young people, under the social contract, suggest a long term investment. What we have today is a government that believes that young people - since they are a long term investment - are a liability. This is system that only believes in short-term investments.

Germany and France are pinning their hopes on young people, in terms of education, science and innovation.

We need to support the governments of the world to create the world we want and I also think we need to empower the UN so that the secretariat, the people who work day in and day out, know that the people are behind them.

Investment in girls' education may well be the highest-return investment available in the developing world.

I can't stand stage mothers. It doesn't work. You definitely feel that with the new generation of pop stars right now they've all managed to work it out for themselves. You have to have confidence in that. When you're young, you know your market better than I will. I love having young people on the show because I can learn from them.