Great thoughts of Sir m visveshvaraya

1. GREAT THOUGHTS OF
SIR. M
VISVESHVARAYA
COMPILED BY: G.S SHASHIDHARA
(gsshashidhar1@gmail.com)

2. “REMEMBER, YOUR WORK
MAY BE ONLY TO SWEEP A
RAILWAY CROSSING, BUT IT
IS YOUR DUTY TO KEEP IT SO
CLEAN THAT NO OTHER
CROSSING IN THE WORLD IS
AS CLEAN AS YOURS.”

3. “TO GIVE REAL SERVICE, YOU
MUST ADD SOMETHING
WHICH CANNOT BE BOUGHT
OR MEASURED WITH MONEY”

4. “TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY
GREAT, SELF-SUPPORTING
AND STRONG, WORK HARD,
WORK HARDER WORK WITH
EFFICIENCY, WORK IN A CO-
OPERATIVE SPIRIT AND
WORK WITH A TEAM SPIRIT.

5. “ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTS OF
EDUCATION IS TO TRAIN THE
RECIPIENT FOR THE BATTLE OF LIFE.
THE GREATEST DRAWBACK IN
EDUCATION IS THE OMISSION TO
GIVE PRACTICAL TRAINING IN THE
USE OF MACHINE TOOLS NEEDED
FOR INDUSTRIALIZATION.”

6. “REMEMBER THE RACE IS FOR
THE SKILLED AND THE
STRONG, WE CANNOT HOPE
TO SUCCEED IF WE CONTINUE
TO WORK WITH ANTIQUATED
TOOLS AND FOLLOW OLD
FASHION BUSINESS
METHODS.”

7. NO ONE PERSON CAN
SHAPE THE LIFE OF
ANOTHER. YOUR SUCCESS
AND HAPPINESS DEPENDS
UPON YOUR OWN SELF.

8. “SUCCESS IN ANY PROFESSION OR
TRADE IS DUE LARGELY TO THE
CAPACITY INDIVIDUALITY, INTEGRITY,
FORESIGHT, HARD WORK OF THE
PERSON WHO UNDERTAKES IT AND IT
DEPENDS ON MAN’S OWN
EXERTIONS.”

9. “NO ONE PERSON CAN SHAPE
THE LIFE OF ANOTHER. YOUR
SUCCESS AND HAPPINESS
DEPENDS UPON YOUR OWN
SELF. THINK FOR YOURSELF
AND HAVE A PLAN OF LIFE.

10. THE WAY TO BUILD A NATION IS
TO BUILD A GOOD CITIZEN. THE
MAJORITY OF THE CITIZENS
SHOULD BE EFFICIENT OF GOOD
CHARACTER AND POSSESS A
REASONABLY HIGH SENSE OF
DUTY.

11. HARD WORK PERFORMED
IN A DISCIPLINED MANNER
WILL IN MOST CASES KEEP
THE WORKER FIT AND
ALSO PROLONG HIS LIFE.

12. EFFICIENT MANAGERS, WELL
EQUIPPED INDUSTRIES, TRAINED
TECHNOLOGISTS AND SKILLED
WORKMEN CONSTITUTED THE
TRUE WEALTH OF THE NATION

13. IF THE INTELLIGENCE OF OUR
PEOPLE IS KEPT UNDEVELOPED,
SKILL UNTRAINED, ACTIVITIES
UNSTIMULATED, THE
STANDARD OF LIVING WILL
REMAIN LOW AND THE COUNTRY
WILL CONTINUE TO BE
POPULATED BY IGNORANT
MASSES.

14. NATION WIDE THINKING,
NATION WIDE PLANNING
AND NATION WIDE ACTION
ARE THE THREE GREAT
ESSENTIALS TO PREVENT
NATION WIDE CRISIS FOR
FUTURE GENERATIONS TO
STRUGGLE THROUGH.

15. SUCCESS IN LIFE MAY BE
ATTRIBUTED TO
RIGOROUS SELF
DISCIPLINE, PUNCTUALITY,
REGULAR HABITS AND
SYSTEMATIC WORK.

16. INCREASINGLY EFFICIENT WORK,
PROGRESSIVELY HARDER WORK,
PERIODICALLY PLANNED AND
DISCIPLINED WORK, COURTESY
TOWARDS FELLOW WORKERS
AND SERVANTS ARE THE FOUR
POINT PROGRAMME FOR THE
NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION OF
INDIA.

17. THINK AND ACT INSTITUTIONALLY,
THINK IN TERMS OF NATION, PRACTICE
SELF HELP, PRACTICE TEAM WORK,
CULTIVATE TEAM WORK, KNOW THAT
KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, INCREASE
PRODUCTION, RESTRICT IMPORT ,
SUPPORT INDIAN INDUSTRIES,
MAINTAIN EFFICIENT STANDARDS ARE
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR THE
EFFICIENCY OF THE CITIZENS.

18. UNEMPLOYMENT AND
POVERTY WOULD BE
CONSIDERABLY DIMINISHED,
THE PEOPLE WOULD BE
REAPING BENEFITS OF
PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AND
WELL SET IN ITS MARCH ON
THE PATH OF PROGRESS AND
PROSPERITY.

19. THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE
AND HEALTH; “HARD WORK,
DISCIPLINED HABITS, MODESTY,
IN LUXURY,
CONTENTMENT AND
CHEERFULNESS”.

20. INCREASED EFFICIENCY,
THROUGH MODERNISATION
AND WORK ARE THE GOSPEL
THAT SHOULD BE PREACHED
AND PRACTICED. EASE-LOVING
NATURE, APATHY AND
SLACKNESS ARE THE CURSES.

21. ONE OF THE MAIN OBJECTS OF
EDUCATION IS TO TRAIN THE
RECIPIENT FOR THE BATTLE OF LIFE.
THE GREATEST
DRAW BACK IN EDUCATION IS THE
OMISSION TO GIVE PRACTICAL
TRAINING IN THE USE OF
MACHINE TOOLS
NEEDED FOR INDUSTRIALISATION.

22. NO GREAT IMPROVEMENT CAN BE
AFFECTED WITHOUT DEFINITE
IDEALS AND ORGANIZATIONS.
“INVESTIGATE,
EDUCATE, ORGANIZE” SHOULD BE
OUR WATCH WORDS IF WE ARE
TO QUICKER THE LIFE PULSE OF
THE PEOPLE AND TRAIN THEM FOR
A LARGER AND FULLER LIFE.

23. OBSERVING THE CONDITIONS,
RESOLVED TO PLAN, PROMOTE
AND ENCOURAGE
DEVELOPMENT CHIEFLY IN
EDUCATION, INDUSTRIES,
COMMENCE AND PUBLIC
WORKS TO ENABLE THE PEOPLE
TO WORK WELL, EARN WELL
AND LIVE WELL.

24. FIVE YEAR PLANS HAVE COME TO
BE POPULAR ON ACCOUNT OF
THE KNOWN REVOLUTIONARY
DEVELOPMENTS WHICH MAY
ALSO REVISED AS CHANGES IN
CIRCUMSTANCES NECESSITATE
FROM YEAR TO YEAR.

25. EDUCATION IS THE SOVERIGN
REMEDY FOR ALL ECONOMIC
ILLS. PROGRESS IN EVERY
COUNTRY DEPENDS
MAINLY ON THE EDUCATION
OF ITS PEOPLE, WITHOUT
EDUCATION, WE ARE A
NATION OF CHILDREN.

26. ‘NATION BUILDING’, ‘RURAL
INDUSTRIALISATION’,
‘RECONSTRUCTING INDIA’,
“PLANNED ECONOMY FOR INDIA”
WERE THE PUBLICATIONS MAINLY
RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE THE
PEOPLE OF INDIA PLAN
CONSCIOUS.

27. GENIUS IS 10% INSPIRATION
AND 90% PERSPIRATION, ‘PLAN
YOUR WORK AND WORK
YOUR PLAN’, GOD HELP THOSE
WHO HELP THEMSELVES.
ALWAYS WORK HARD,
‘INDUSTRIALISE OR PERISH”.
NOTE BOOKS AND PENCILS
INSEPARABLE COMPANIONS
ETC, WERE THE GUIDING
SLOGANS AND PRINCIPLES.

28. IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF
THE COUNTRY SO AS TO MAKE
IT ECONOMICALLY
PROSPEROUS, SCIENTIFICALLY
PROGRESSIVE, INDUSTRIALLY
SOUND AND EDUCATIONALLY
WELL ADVANCED.

29. NATIONAL PLANNING
COMMISSION WILL USE ALL ITS
POWERS TO ENSURE THAT
COUNTRY IS GOING IN
ECONOMIC STRENGTH AND
NATIONAL EFFICIENCY FROM
STAGE TO STAGE.

30. EFFICIENCY, CHARACTER,
PLANNED AND DISCIPLINED
AND EFFICIENT WORK IN
THE LONG RUN LEAD TO
HIGH WORKING CAPACITY,
COMFORTABLE LIVING AND
LONGEVITY.

31. EVERY MAN WHO HAS
BECOME GREAT OWES HIS
ACHIEVEMENTS TO
INCESSANT TOIL, AND THE
PHILOSOPHY IN INDIA IS
DIFFERENT, IT LACKS
AMBITION AND HUSTLE.

32. REMEMBER THE RACE IS FOR
THE SKILLED AND THE
STRONG, WE CANNOT
HOPE TO SUCCEED IF WE
CONTINUE TO WORK WITH
ANTIQUATED TOOLS AND
FOLLOW OLD FASHION
BUSINESS METHODS.

33. SUCCESS IN ANY PROFESSION
OR TRADE IS DUE LARGELY TO
THE CAPACITY INDIVIDUALITY,
INTEGRITY, FORESIGHT, HARD
WORK OF THE PERSON WHO
UNDERTAKES IT AND IT
DEPENDS ON MAN’S OWN
EXERTIONS.

34. IF YOU BUY WHAT YOU
DO NOT NEED, YOU
WILL NEED WHAT YOU
CANNOT BUY AND
THEREFORE THE PERSON
WHO SPENDS MORE
THAN HE EARNS IS A
FOOL.

35. NO ONE PERSON CAN
SHAPE THE LIFE OF
ANOTHER. YOUR SUCCESS
AND HAPPINESS DEPENDS
UPON YOUR
OWN SELF. THINK FOR
YOURSELF AND HAVE A
PLAN OF LIFE.

36. DO NOT AGREE TO DO
ANY WORK UNLESS YOU
ARE SURE YOU HAVE
COURAGE TO DO IT. BUT
WHEN YOU EXPECT A TASK,
DO NOT EVER FAIL TO
CARRY IT OUT. EVERY THING
SHOULD BE DONE ON TIME.

37. IN EVOLVING A KEEN
ECONOMIC ORGANIZATION
FOR OUR INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT THERE
SHOULD BE NEITHER TOO
MUCH OF AUTOCRACY NOR
TOO MUCH OF DEMOCRACY.

38. A PERSON WHO DID NOT
LOOK AFTER HIMSELF BY
KEEPING HIS DRESS NEAT
COULD NOT BE EXPECTED
TO BE EFFICIENT IN HIS
DUTIES. THEREFORE TO BE
WELL DRESSED IS TO BE
WELL DISCIPLINED.

39. THANK
YOU