India doesn't take responsibility for the problems that the world is facing because of thermal coal.

There is no room any more for the divisive agenda which has been sought to be foisted on the common man.

I do not think the Nobel institution gives you a certificate that everything you say is always right.

Our pollution out of carbon emissions is still very, very low compared to the world.

Of course we have to use coal... the renewable energy sources will supplement the supply from coal.

In New York, lights are on the whole night; there are offices where not a single person is working, but all lights are on. The street lights at the White House are lit all the day. Why? And we are being told not to use coal.

I am an optimist.

Anyone leaving the Congress' camp and joining - or even indirectly praising - the BJP-led NDA coalition immediately stands the risk of losing this Congress-issued certificate of secularism. It is a travesty!

In most riots in India, Congress has had a direct or indirect involvement. History bears this out.

Reaping political dividends out of tragedies is deeply engrained in the Congress' DNA.

India's infrastructure deficit in terms of roads, railways, power, and ports needs to be addressed on a fast-track basis.

A visionary leadership is required to harness rapid technological change for positive benefit rather than allowing to become disruptive and further exacerbate economic inequality.

Productive and sustainable job creation, along with increased and better-targeted social expenditure, are the only routes to permanently beat the poverty trap and to bring our social indicators on par with developed countries.

Gujarat under Narendra Modi has focused on good governance in the power sector and implemented long-term reforms as opposed to the short-term and anarchic methods adopted by Sheila Dikshit and Arvind Kejriwal in Delhi.

Reforms ensure that everybody benefits and the state generates financial resources to provide for the really deserving.

If India moves towards 100 percent LED lighting, we will reduce almost 79 million tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This will also reduce the electricity bills of people.

You only expect something from somebody you have confidence can deliver.

You can't sell thermal power without the competitive bidding.

India has been developing its green energy resources.

We have been working towards providing a clean environment to the people of India, and we are doing it out of our own conviction.

Cost-plus is an inefficient way to do things.

Very often, state utilities do not buy electricity even if they need it, as every unit purchased increases their losses.

Use of energy-efficient LEDs, pumps, fans, and air-conditioners will save power consumption and reduces the peak load.

States are the architects of UDAY, not the central government.

Transparency is the hallmark of Prime Minister Modi's government.

I don't want projects to take 10 years to set up. That adds to the cost.

Though there are lessons that can be learned about becoming a great leader, most exist inherently in the bellies of those who lead.

Notoriously outspoken, his sentences always punctuated with profanities, General George S. Patton was the epitome of what a leader should be like - or so he thought. Patton believed a leader should look and act tough, so he cultivated his image and his personality to match his philosophy.

One of the best paradoxes of leadership is a leader's need to be both stubborn and open-minded. A leader must insist on sticking to the vision and stay on course to the destination. But he must be open-minded during the process.

Bad leaders believe that they have to project control at all times.

I try to find, celebrate and teach leaders how to build platforms that will inspire others.

I never imagined working with CEOs, congressmen or the military, yet I make regular visits to the Pentagon, stop by the Capitol now and then and sit down with leaders of all kinds of companies.

Leadership is a choice. It's not a rank, it's a choice. I know many people who are at the top of their organization who have authority. We have to do what they say because they have authority over us. But they're not leaders. We wouldn't follow them. They may be at the top of the company but they're not leaders.

Time and energy. Those are the most valuable sacrifices leaders can make.

Great leaders see money as fuel, not a destination.

Leaders, whatever the size of their organizations, are those willing to put the interests of other people before their own.

We all have the luxury of looking out for ourselves. Leaders also have the honor of looking out for others.

We call them leaders because they go first, because they take the risk before anybody else does, because they will choose to sacrifice so their people will be safe and protected,

Leaders don't convince people to follow them. Leaders walk forward alone and those who want to go down their path decide to follow.

A leader without a title is better than a title without the ability to lead.

The worst leaders are the once that think they have to know as much or more than the people who work with them. The best leaders are the once who know that their employees know hell of a lot more than what they know and willing to admit it whilst expressing the value of their employees.

Bad leaders care about who is right. Good leaders care about what is right

The bad leaders are the ones that push hard so they can gain, who brow beat us so that they can receive the benefit of our hard work, not so we can enjoy the success

Quality effective leaders have the confidence to trust others to try, succeed, and sometimes to fail. We very often confuse personality with leadership. In other words, leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

It is like when a player has a slump, we do not trade them, we coach them. It is the same with our employees. The best leaders come to the aid of their people, whose performance is down. Not come down harder on them.

A leader must be inspired by the people before a leader can inspire the people.

There are leaders and there are those who lead. Leaders hold a position of power or influence. Those who lead inspire us.

Leading is not the same as being the leader. Being the leader means you hold the highest rank, either by earning it, good fortune or navigating internal politics. Leading, however, means that others willingly follow you—not because they have to, not because they are paid to, but because they want to.

A star wants to see himself rise to the top. A leader wants to see those around him rise to the top.

Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.