Sharad Vivek Sagar
66 quotes
"There are three qualities that every individual must have to achieve success: a Monk’s patience, a Warrior’s courage, a Child’s imagination."
"The kinds of people we meet in our life have a huge impact on the kind of person we become."
"This is what entrepreneurship is all about. You start off operating from a garage. And, end up, operating from a car."
"People think entrepreneurs are all about fame and money. I was never in for either. And, will never be. This is a much bigger fight."
"Purists don't take shortcuts. For me, the vision is more important than anything."
"I personally feel that I could not go out and plant the million trees, but I could go out and tell people to tell 10 people each, ‘Okay, all of us are going to go out and plant 10 trees,’ and you, eventually, plant a million trees."
"With every breath, I breathe in so much of inspiration. I feel if there is one thing as free and as important as oxygen, it's inspiration."
"If you are born on this planet, we want to make sure you get the kind of education you actually deserve."
"My mother, who taught me how to read and write and home-schooled me for the first 12 years of my life, whose presence shaped me as much as her absence did, who imbibed in me the values of empathy and fearlessness and hard work, looks down on me today with great pride."
"We haven’t even reached 0.00000001% of where we want to reach. There is so much more to do. We want to make sure that no child should ever be on the mercy of anyone else for his/her education."
"We cannot leave our children disconnected from opportunities that are designed specially for them."
"We cannot let the future of our children be decided by their zip codes and family incomes."
"We cannot let commercialization of education come in the way of democratization of education."
"Some people believe in telling stories. Some believe in doing things about which stories will be told in times to come."
"I sometimes wonder how powerful are those Fortune 500 CEOs who can can’t even change the way that list looks (leave aside how the world looks). And, I wonder what message do we send to our young girls, in classrooms across the world, who work as hard as our young boys but see only 20 CEOs out of those 500 who look like them."
"Our national emblem has four lions but unfortunately we have highlighted more lambs and wolfs than real lions of our country."
"I know there are days when we want to be liked by others a little more than we want to change the world. But, if we decided to speak up a little more and hesitate a little less, we will begin making ripples of change."
"The world will become only as great a place to live in as we make it. And, for that, the world needs us. It needs us to get invested. It needs us to be more grateful. It needs us to take things personally! And, I know together we can make it happen. I know wherever you’ll go; you’ll stand for change, for peace, for justice, for equality, for each other, and for a better tomorrow. You’ll put in your brick. I know. I know."
"Change takes time. But, it also takes people."
"I’d always heard people say and I’m sure you heard it too, “Change takes time.” But, my parents taught me the more important lesson, very silently but with even greater clarity, “Change takes time. But, it also takes people.” People who are willing to put in their everything. Change doesn’t happen by itself."
"Change needs us. Change needs people who are willing to invest themselves and their time and their energy and all that they can in making it happen. And, remember, if we don’t quit; if we choose to walk the more difficult path; if we refuse to give up, no matter how long the road or how steep the climb; we will make change happen."
"Be Practical." That's probably the most stupid piece of advice I've ever received in my life."
"Success for me hasn't been about individual success. It's about the success of all those young boys and girls who I have the honor of working with."
"Very often we sit back thinking good things will happen, knowing that good things take time and hoping that someone else will do it. The world needs us!"
"I know I could’ve been on the other side of the line too. I refuse to accept injustice and inequality because I know it can be against any one of us, our brothers and sisters and friends and family. I know it’s personal. I know this is our only chance, our only planet, our only shot. And, I know this is my brick."