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.

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

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.

A man can’t talk of true happiness if he has never known true love—the trusting, selfless and unconditional love that I took for granted.

You don’t put pressure on me to be something I’m incapable of being. You accept me exactly how I am.

Gratitude is not something idyllic that comes when all good things line up to be counted. Gratitude is there all the time waiting to be focused on.

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.

I think that being part of privilege and never having to work a day in your life is so boring. I'm so glad of what I've achieved. I'm so glad I've achieved it as well.

What makes me furious, not just because we're in an interview, but I don't like when writers take your words and put them somewhere else, in the wrong context in their own article about you.

And, of course, I'm constantly energized by designing courses around the world.

I have no doubt but that the misery of the lower classes will be found to abate wherever the Government assumes a freer aspect,& the laws favor a subdivision of property.

The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives.

My dad always, he helped me by not helping me. He always said, being a producer, it was all about conviction.