10 Quotes & Sayings By Uday Mukerji

Uday Mukerji is a leading entrepreneur and the Chairman and Managing Director of the Reliance Industries Limited (RIL). He was born in Mumbai, India, and studied at The Doon School and at Harvard University. He started his career with a job as an office boy with the Indian Railways. He then moved into the oil business, working first with a trading firm and later starting a trading company of his own Read more

In 1981, Uday founded the first Indian company to bid for a major oil exploration block in Nigeria. In 1982, he created Reliance Petroleum. In 1986, he expanded his business by taking over Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOC), the largest company in India by market capitalization as well as by revenue.

In 1997, Uday took over the leadership of Reliance Industries from Dhirubhai Ambani, who died that year. Today RIL has interests in petrochemicals, natural gas processing and marketing, oil refining and marketing, fertilizers and other agro-based products, information technology outsourcing, retailing and aviation. Uday Mukerji serves on the Board of Directors of The Giving Pledge.

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Those who can truly love, they’re like candles; they don’t mind sacrificing themselves for the sake of love. But the rest of us are candle holders. We love and appreciate the light of love, but are too afraid to burn ourselves down to light up someone else’s life. Uday Mukerji
Why, when two people start living together, do they end...
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Why, when two people start living together, do they end up hurting each other so much? Maybe that’s an indication that too much of anything isn’t good. Uday Mukerji
Like we all sync our watches every year, at the...
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Like we all sync our watches every year, at the start and at the end of daylight saving time, we also need to sync our relationships once in a while. Uday Mukerji
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Silence doesn’t mean no activity; it means highly synchronized actions, much like the work of a well-tuned motor. More noise and vibration never assure better engine performance; indeed, quite the opposite. Uday Mukerji
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Ask anyone; possibly ninety-five percent of our wishes have come true. The unfortunate part is, we all overlook that, and regret all our lives and torment ourselves for not getting the other five percent. Uday Mukerji
Nothing is forever, be it a good time or a...
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Nothing is forever, be it a good time or a bad time; nothing stays the same. Leaves change, seasons change, and so do people. And when people change, our relationships change with that. Uday Mukerji
What women do in front of a mirror with few...
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What women do in front of a mirror with few brushes and colors is, indeed, an art. Uday Mukerji
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Sorry’ is, indeed, one of the most difficult and most powerful words in the English language, provided one can feel and say it at the same time. Uday Mukerji
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All we have in love are two unprotected hearts in an open field. And that’s why our hearts bleed so much when we get hurt. Uday Mukerji