Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.

— Naveen Jain

How important is failure - yes, failure - to the health of a thriving, innovative business? So important that Satan Tata, chairman of India's largest corporation, gives an annual award to the employee who comes up with the best idea that failed.

— Naveen Jain

Humans have always used our intelligence and creativity to improve our existence. After all, we invented the wheel, discovered how to make fire, invented the printing press and found a vaccine for polio.

— Naveen Jain

I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful, and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.

— Naveen Jain

I may have managed to build a successful technology startup that had gone public by the time my three kids hit their 13th birthdays, but don't think that bought my wife and me any special respect from our teenagers.

— Naveen Jain

In my view, the first requirement for success for an entrepreneur is to dream big. The second aspect that prevents entrepreneurs from succeeding is fear of failure.

— Naveen Jain

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.

— Naveen Jain

I think it's time we all agree that gender stereotypes are simply the confabulation of our own mind.

— Naveen Jain

I understand human needs. I grew up where far too many people lived day to day without elemental needs like food and shelter.

— Naveen Jain

My parents didn't believe in luck. They believed in hard work and in preparing me to take advantage of opportunity. Like many parents, they taught me to be generous but never to depend on the generosity of others.

— Naveen Jain