Sharad Vivek Sagar Quotes

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

To all young people out there: This is the time you should be fearless but not jobless. Identify the right job, find what excited you the most, find what you are the most passionate about.

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

We won't let poverty kill educational access & opportunities. We'll kill poverty through education.

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

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

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.

There's a reason why I've spent one-third of my life doing this. My dream is to meet and connect 3 billion young people of the world to information and opportunities in my lifetime.

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

You may be smart, talented, and hardworking but if you do not know about an opportunity, you do not get that opportunity. At our offices, we are solving this problem for millions.

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

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

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

Three Ps that I can't sacrifice: Process, Purpose, and Principles.

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

When you are trying to do something very innovative and revolutionary, you must also open yourself to a lot of questions.

For too long, information, opportunities, and resources have been constraints, they need to be the bridges.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

Change takes time. But, it also takes people.

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!

We cannot afford to let the ideas of our young generation go untapped or unbacked.

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.

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.

There's magic in stories, magic in hope, and magic in coming together. I have learnt from people's stories, been inspired by their hope, and been strengthened by their coming together.

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.

The world will become only as great a place to live in as we make it.

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

We are creating a world where no parent will ever again have to choose between skipping meals and sending their kids to school

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

You've to stand up for yourself. If you don't, no one else will.

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

I am not concerned about results. The only thing I am concerned about is the process. How you tried to achieve something matters more than what you achieved.