6 inspiring quotes by Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya

An engineer is considered to be the one who creates the world which has never been. And for all those outstanding engineers, an Engineers Day is celebrated in India on September 15 every year as a tribute to India’s greatest engineer and Bharat Ratna, Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. Born on 15 September 1861 in a Telugu speaking family, Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya was an Indian engineer, scholar, statesman, and the 19th Diwan of Mysore. For his magnificent works as an Engineer,  he received India’s highest honour, the Bharat Ratna, in 1955. The intricate system of irrigation in the Deccan area, flood protection system in Hyderabad and KRS Dam across the Kauvery River in Karnataka are some of his renowned works. The great man is not just famous in the field of engineering but also for his quotes. Here are 6 famous quotes of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya on the occasion of Engineers Day.

#1 “Self-examination not moral or spiritual, but secular – that is, a survey and analysis of local conditions in India and a comparative study of the same with those in other parts of the globe.”

#2 “Mental energy is wasted in caste disputes and village factions.”

#3 “It is better to work out than rust out.”

#4 “Self-examination not moral or spiritual, but secular – that is, a survey and analysis of local conditions in India and a comparative study of the same with those in other parts of the globe.”

#5 ” 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.”

#6 ” Every man who has become great owes his achievement to incessant toil.”