Azim Premji Quotes

Today, when I hire, I look for people who want to be trained and molded.

Training is a universal right. It's not just targeted at those with the worst skill levels.

A well-trained workforce is critical to small-business success. What I hear from business is that it's hard to find help that meets their needs.

We're talking about people who've already got 3-4, if not 5-6 years' experience or more, and it's about trying to help professionals develop, using us as a resource for that development.

I'm always looking for new ways to improve my skills.

In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at whether they are investing enough in the development of their human capital.

The best thing workers can bring to their jobs is a lifelong thirst for learning.

Train everyone lavishly. You can't overspend on training.

Training should not be confined to trainees. It should be a continuous process, and should include the entire professional staff of the agency. The more our people learn, the more useful they can be to our clients.

The most important job you have is growing your people, giving them a chance to reach their dreams.

The name of the game is continuing to learn. Even if you're very well trained and have some natural aptitude, you still need to keep learning.

Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.

Our most important education system is in the employees' own organization.

For us who Nurse, our Nursing is a thing, which, unless in it we are making progress every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back. The more experience we gain, the more progress we can make.

I always want to be growing in my craft. Any artist should - whether you paint, whether you do music or film - always grow and study.

I feel like I have a skill set, but every experience is different and there's always room for improvement.

I think Broadway is good for sharpening your skills. It's the best for really reaching the zenith of your talent. You go so far and reach the peak of it and you say, "Maybe this is the best performance I can do."

To become proficient in any field you must practise. There is simply no achievement without practice and the more practice, provided it is done intelligently, the greater will the proficiency be and the sooner will it be attained.

Practice only makes for improvement.

The private sector granted bursaries [scholarships] for the children of their workers. Some of them built homes for their workers. They had in-service training, which improved the skills of their workers. So that spirit was there. All we did was merely exploit it.

I do have investments, investments in new jobs, investments in education, skill training, and the opportunities for people to get ahead and stay ahead. That's the kind of approach that will work.

The way is in training.

It doesn't hurt to get more education.

I think the growth industry of the future in this country and the world will soon be the continuing education of adults. ...I think the educated person of the future is somebody who realizes the need to continue to learn. That is the new definition and it is going to change the world we live in and work in.

When I came to Chelsea from West Ham there were certain parts of my game I felt I needed to improve and I like to think now that I have shown dramatic improvement.