Best 76 quotes of Sharad Vivek Sagar on MyQuotes

All I want to be is a wandering entrepreneur touching billions of lives. I am going to be the monk who never bought a Ferrari.

An "eye" on the vision is more important than an "I" on the vision.

Be a Person. Not a Resumé.

Before you talk to the world, talk to yourself. And, before you listen to the world, listen to yourself.

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.

Change takes time. But, it also takes people.

Close your eyes, imagine yourself in the world of your dreams, imagine everything you ever wanted, live that moment, get the feel of it. Once you've lived that moment in your mind fully, open your eyes and get started with work, work as hard as possible, do all that it takes to live that moment in real. Just do it, it's possible.

Consistency. Clarity. Courage. I like to stand for consistency, clarity and courage in my thoughts, words, and actions.

Even where there are no schools, there are teachers.

I can't go out and plant a million trees, but I can go out and tell [students] to plant 10 each. Sometimes you need to ask yourself what exactly do you want- a grove or a forest?

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.

I fail to find even one "Netaji" among the several thousand "Netas" of today. India needs our sacrifices once more and my entire life is and will remain dedicated to the service of my country.

If money could have changed the world, money would have changed the world.

If the UN has not failed in maintaining world peace or bilateral relations between nations, it has definitely not succeeded either.

If you are born on this planet, we want to make sure you get the kind of education you actually deserve.

If you aren't preparing for life like a war, you'll end up living like a prisoner of war.

If your sole focus is money, you may create a successful startup. But if it's impact, you can probably create history.

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.

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.

Intent matters. Integrity matters. Courage matters. If you have the three, nothing else matters

Internal democracy in schools is as important in order to ensure the true democratization of education.

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.

I refuse to believe in three things: cash, clock, and calendar. You should never be enslaved by these three.

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.

It's a secret deal. On some days, the sun shines bright on you. On some days, you've got to shine brighter than the sun.

It's sad that several political parties still count the dead, the starving, the unemployed by their religion, caste, creed and sect. The young generation needs to engage in politics of right vs wrong and not right vs left.

I wonder how can I ever work for an organization that pollutes the world and refuses to clean up and sometimes even own up. And, I wonder how on earth can I work for an organization where one of my fellow classmates wouldn’t get the same paycheck and the same perks and the same benefits as I would simply because she is a girl.

Just because you can't believe it, doesn't mean it's not happening

Let things bother you. The times today are too dangerous for the young and the smart to be not bothered.

May the hopes of your heart and dreams of your eyes keep turning into realities. To all women out there: The more you progress, the more humanity progresses.

My dream is to ensure or create a platform for every single kid, a platform that would enable them to level up in their lives and to achieve to their full potential.

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.

Our national emblem has four lions but unfortunately we have highlighted more lambs and wolfs than real lions of our country.

Our parents are the coolest parents ever. No other generation went on from writing letters to their own parents to sending snapchats to their own kids.

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.

Remember, there are people who care for us: there are some who grow food for us, some who cook for us, some who take our trash out, some who keep us safe, some who call us late at night when it’s been a tough day and some who are right by our side the next morning when we are sick, some who smile at us, some who hold the door for us, some who compliment us, who back us, who pray for us. And, they can be friends and family and mentors and relatives and sometimes, in fact, most of the times, even perfect strangers. Let’s be grateful to each one of them, let’s be grateful to all those around us.

Some of the world's biggest challenges can be solved by some of the world's most marginalized communities themselves.

Some of the world's biggest challenges can be solved by some of the world's most marginalized communities themselves. The moment you inject information, education, and an entrepreneurial spark in a community, it gets empowered enough to inspire, build, and uplift itself.

Some people believe in telling stories. Some believe in doing things about which stories will be told in times to come.

Sometimes people ask me why am I so excited about what I do. My reply mostly is, "You see one celebrity and get excited. I see several hundred thousand future celebrities, change makers, and world movers, everyday.

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.

Ten years later, I will be able to say, "I saw future happen". And, this is the most rewarding part of what I do.

The Big Investments of tomorrow need not be on the Stock Exchange. They need to be in our schools.

The day I realized I could speak well, I decided I won't speak for myself anymore.

The "democratization of education" is everyone's fight, everyone's right.

The kinds of people we meet in our life have a huge impact on the kind of person we become.

The moment you inject information, education, and an entrepreneurial spark in a community, it gets empowered enough to inspire, build, and uplift itself.

There are three qualities that every individual must have to achieve success: a Monk’s patience, a Warrior’s courage, a Child’s imagination.

There is no greater peace than work and no greater happiness than progress.