Entrepreneurship is an art. It’s a science. It’s a passion. And it can be all of these things at the same time or it can be different things at different times, but the common thread that runs through all of it is always perseverance in the face of adversity. Here are some inspiring quotes from Indian entrepreneurs that will motivate and encourage you to keep going no matter what challenges you face.

1. I will keep playing domestic cricket. I feel I am good enough to get back into the Indian team, and playing domestic cricket is the only way out. So I will keep playing. — Sourav Ganguly

2. What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian. — Sitting Bull

3. Marriage is not a sales deal and you don’t have to close it as fast as you can. — Swati Kumar, The Great Indian Dilemma

4. Moral indignation is too precious an export to be wasted at home — Perry Anderson, The Indian Ideology

5. I’m probably going to be an Indianapolis fan. — Tony Dungy

6. I have an aim–I have a clear aim in my mind, and the aim is that I do not like what I see in Indian politics; it is something that is inside my heart. — Rahul Gandhi

7. It was Indian summer, a bluebird sort of day as we call it in the north, warm and sunny, without a breath of wind; the water was sky–blue, the shores a bank of solid gold. — Sigurd F. Olson

8. All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian. — Pat Paulsen

9. I would close my eyes and dream of something strong, dream of horses exploding, rising into the air, their hearts beating survive, survive, survive. — Sherman Alexie, First Indian on the Moon

10. I used to feel competitive about a career, but now the only things I’m really passionate about are my family, the environment and Indians. — Robert Redford

11. Henry Jones: I didn’t know you could fly a plane!Indiana Jones: Fly––yes, land––no. — Rob MacGregor, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

12. Marriage is a marriage–love or arranged. Both require the same level of commitment. — Swati Kumar, The Great Indian Dilemma

13. Smallpox in a blanket, which the U.S. Army gave to the Cherokee Indians on their long march to the West, was nothing compared to what I’d like to see done to these people — Michael Savage

14. I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza. — Robert Indiana

15. You just feel a little odd when you don’t get your kind of food. Fortunately, there are Indian restaurants all over the world. — Virat Kohli

16. I don’t know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up. — Paul Mccartney

17. It is too bad that most Olympians do not train as hard as the Lashkar jihadis whose main aim in life is to kill people. — Vivek Pereira, Indians in Pakistan

18. I will keep playing domestic cricket. I feel I am good enough to get back into the Indian team, and playing domestic cricket is the only way out. So I will keep playing. — Sourav Ganguly

19. What strikes me every single time is that the aspirations of Indians are unique and unparalleled. They’re very demanding, regardless of background. — Sundar Pichai

20. Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him ‘Plays with Camera.’ — Pauline Kael

21. Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. — Umberto Eco

22. Pines a thousand years old. Every year they must go farther for them: they recede, like beavers and Indians, before the white man. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

23. I made that up. You know Marcus. He got lost once in his own museum. — Rob MacGregor, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

24. I’m from Indiana the home of more first–rate second–class men than any other state in the union. — Thomas R. Marshall

25. The notion of burial had always struck him as stifling and cold. He liked the Indian way better, setting the bodies up high, as if passing them to the heavens. — Michael Punke, The Revenant

26. Let’s not go into the past. — Ramakrishna, Springs of Indian Wisdom

27. I’m from Indiana the home of more first–rate second–class men than any other state in the union. — Thomas R. Marshall

28. There are more American Indians alive today than there were when Columbus arrived or at any other time in history. Does this sound like a record of genocide? — Rush Limbaugh

29. I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things, so I am drawn to these kinds of characters. — Morgan Freeman

30. Indian leaders are saying, ‘You don’t understand our caste system. It’s really a lovely thing. People are very happy about it and so on.’ I don’t think that’s quite fair. — N. T. Wright

31. It is my absolute belief that Indians have unlimited talent. I have no doubt about our capabilities. — Narendra Modi

32. I’m probably going to be an Indianapolis fan. — Tony Dungy

33. Friends always ask me what the best Indian restaurant in L.A. is. I’m like, ‘I don’t know, dude. I have an app on my iPhone for that.’ — Noureen DeWulf

34. The perfect weather of Indian Summer lengthened and lingered, warm sunny days were followed by brisk nights with Halloween a presentiment in the air. — Wallace Stegner, Remembering Laughter

35. The Indian may seem poor to we rich Westerners but in matters of the spirit it is we who are the paupers and they who are millionaires. — Mark Twain

36. There are more American Indians alive today than there were when Columbus arrived or at any other time in history. Does this sound like a record of genocide? — Rush Limbaugh

37. I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents. — Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part–Time Indian

38. I’m probably going to be an Indianapolis fan. — Tony Dungy

39. It was Indian summer, a bluebird sort of day as we call it in the north, warm and sunny, without a breath of wind; the water was sky–blue, the shores a bank of solid gold. — Sigurd F. Olson

40. I made that up. You know Marcus. He got lost once in his own museum. — Rob MacGregor, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade

41. The same church members who yell like Comanche Indians at a ball game on Saturday sit like wooden Indians in church on Sunday. — Vance Havner

42. They wanted to help me with my pain. — Sherman Alexie, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part–Time Indian

43. I think of my peace paintings as one long poem, with each painting being a single stanza. — Robert Indiana

44. Columbus saved the Indians from themselves. — Rush Limbaugh

45. When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. live your life in such a way that When you die, the world cries and you rejoice. — indian proverb

46. I AM AN INDIAN, LIKE OTHER BILLION, HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY, HOPE TO FIND A GOOD WAY, WHERE THOUGHTS DIVINITY, IS NOT IN INFINITY, ITS UR LIBERTY. — merlin8thomas

47. No knife cuts as swiftly, deeply and precisely as the blade of the Beloved. — Tiziana Stupia, Meeting Shiva: Falling and Rising in Love in the Indian Himalayas

48. There are more American Indians alive today than there were when Columbus arrived or at any other time in history. Does this sound like a record of genocide? — Rush Limbaugh

49. If it’s fiction, then it better be true. — Sherman Alexie, The Toughest Indian in the World

50. White man goes into his churches to talk about Jesus, the Indian into his Tepee to talk to Jesus (with Peyote etc). — Quanah Parker

We hope that this blog post has provided you with some of the best quotes about India. Indians have so much to offer the world and it is worth celebrating. We should all be proud of the culture, beauty, and history that India has to offer. Let these quotes inspire you to appreciate the beauty and greatness of India.