Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotes by Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Indian Engineer)

Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (1860–1962) was a prominent Indian engineer, scholar, visionary, and public official. He played an essential role in many civil engineering and public works projects across undivided India.

Born in Muddenahalli village, Mysore Province, Visvesvaraya received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bangalore’s Central College and then studied civil engineering at Pune’s College of Engineering. Early in his career, he designed the flood protection system for the city of Hyderabad. He served as the Chief Engineer of Mysore in 1909, and the Dewan of Mysore 1912–18.

Visvesvaraya gave the “industrialize or perish” clarion call to the country. As an promoter of the modern industrial civilization and national planning, he led the establishment of the Bhadravati Iron Works, the Krishnarajasagar Dam across the Cauvery River, the Mysore Soap Factory, the Parasitoide Laboratory, the Sri Jayachamarajendra Polytechnic Institute, the Bangalore Agricultural University, the State Bank of Mysore, the Century Club, the Mysore Chamber of Commerce, and numerous other institutions and industrial ventures.

Visveswaraya published many short books on rural development, industrialization, state planning, and nation-building. He was a recipient of the 1955 Bharat Ratna, India’s topmost civilian award. He was knighted as a Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by King George V for his contributions to the public good.

Visveswaraya’s birthday, 15-September, is celebrated as Engineer’s Day in India.

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Inspirational Quotes by Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Indian Engineer)

Every man who has become great owes his achievement to incessant toil.
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

One common slogan of the West, the importance of which the Indian citizen has not yet sufficiently grasped, is: “If you do not work, neither shall you eat”. It is by his work that an individual is enabled to earn a living.
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

Work performed with higher knowledge or skill, capacity or ambition, usually brings a correspondingly higher reward.
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

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 reasonable high sense of duty.
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

Hard work performed in a disciplined manner will in most cases keep the worker fit and also prolong his life.
Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

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