Quotes from Nita Ambani

Motherhood is the most challenging as well as the utmost satisfying vocation in this world.

I believe that children have to grow up as all-round personalities, but it cannot be at the cost of academics.

The lotus comes from the murkiest water but grows into the purest thing.

India is now changing and regaining its lustre, and it is coming of age.

Indian classical dance is sustained by a profound philosophy. Form seeks to merge with the formless, motions seek to become a part of the motionless, and the dancing individual seeks to become one with the eternal dance of the cosmos.

Education is all about igniting young minds and enabling them to attain their fullest potential.

When my kids were very young, I have seen them crying, as they didn't want to go to school.

I always wanted to devote a certain part of my life to dance - my true being is to be a dancer.

My father-in-law saw me at a dance performance. The next day, I got a phone call, and the caller said, 'I'm Dhirubhai Ambani... may I talk to Nita?' I said, 'It's a wrong number' and put down the phone. Then he called again... and I said, 'If you're Dhirubhai Ambani, then I'm Elizabeth Taylor.'

I was a teacher once.

Everyday classroom teaching is not what children will remember, but how you made a difference in their lives.

As human beings, what we can do is extend help in whatever way possible.

I believe primary and secondary education is the bedrock of any sustainable society.

Every child has a right to education as much as to life, and every woman the right to live.

My grandfather was a French professor in Kolkata, though I never met him.

Preventing female infanticide is equally important in protection of women's rights.

Mukesh calls me his true life partner... I just enjoy being Mukesh's wife.

What I have learnt is that it is important to pursue your passion more than your legacy; if you have a passion with a purpose, then everything else fits in.

Bio-technology is the science of the future.

I do cook whenever the time permits. But my daughter Isha is a much better cook than I am.

I don't like talking about any projects till they solidify and take off.

We are living in the 21st century, and children are dying of hunger, so how do we fight it?

Wealth and power don't go together. Power cannot be brokered. To me, power is responsibility.

An institution is beyond any individual. It breathes and lives on its own and always will.