Wayne Dyer Quotes

"Apart from values and ethics which I have tried to live by, the legacy I would like to leave behind is a very simple one — that I have always stood up for what I consider to be the right thing, and I have tried to be as fair and equitable as I could be."

"If there are challenges thrown across, then some interesting, innovative solutions are found. Without challenges, the tendency is to go on the same way."

"What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind."

"A founder who is in for the short run, or has no passion for the sector he is in, doesn't give me a great deal of comfort."

"Some entrepreneurs talk of a high burn rate, high advertising rate, and so on, with no outcome, so it doesn't impress me. But an entrepreneur who has that kind of a feeling of responsibility towards his investors is somebody who will have all my support."

"New startups embody the creativity, the innovation of young people, and for me, it was and is a very worthwhile experience to interact with them."

"When you see in places like Africa and parts of Asia abject poverty, hungry children and malnutrition around you, and you look at yourself as being people who have well-being and comforts, I think it takes a very insensitive, tough person not to feel they need to do something."

"I have been constantly telling people to encourage people, to question the unquestioned and not to be ashamed to bring up new ideas, new processes to get things done."

"I will certainly not join politics. I would like to be remembered as a clean businessman who has not partaken in any twists and turns beneath the surface, and one who has been reasonably successful."

"If it stands the test of public scrutiny, do it... if it doesn't stand the test of public scrutiny then don't do it."

"My most visible goal is to do something in nutrition to children in India, and pregnant mothers. Because that would change the mental and physical health of our population in years to come."

"I have always been bullish about India's potential. I still am, and I feel India is a country that really has an enormous amount of potential and has the human capital to succeed."

"If a founder has passion and innovation, he needs to be supported. I am more intuitive than a numbers person, and I recognise that not all investments are going to be positive. Some may fail, and some may have problems for other reasons. That is life."

"There are many things that, if I have to relive, maybe I will do it another way. But I would not like to look back and think what I have not been able to."