{"quotes":[{"text":"Just because you can't believe it, doesn't mean it's not happening.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["belief","believe","life","life","motivational","sharad-sagar","sharad-sagar-official","sharad-vivek-sagar"],"id":25802,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["better","change","equality","inspirational","justice","peace","personally","place","sharad-sagar","sharad-vivek-sagar","tomorrow","world"],"id":122392,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["change","climb","dexterity-global","difficult-path","inspirational","journey","motivational","people-skills","sharad-sagar","sharad-vivek-sagar"],"id":138724,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"The world will become only as great a place to live in as we make it.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["human","inspirational","place","planet","sharad-sagar","sharad-vivek-sagar","world"],"id":142436,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"We cannot let commercialization of education come in the way of democratization of education.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["children","commercialization","democratization","dexterity","dexterity-global","education","educational-opportunities","sharad-sagar","sharad-sagar-official","students","youth"],"id":150115,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["care","courage","family","friends","grateful","gratefulness","honesty","human","human-beings","humility","inspirational","kindness","life-lessons","love","mentors","people","sharad-sagar","sharad-vivek-sagar","strangers"],"id":155865,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"We cannot leave our children disconnected from opportunities that are designed specially for them.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["children","dexterity","dexterity-global","disconnected","education","opportunities","platform","sharad-sagar","sharad-sagar-official"],"id":193751,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"The times today are too dangerous for the young and the smart to be not bothered. Know the truth. Remember, “We can deny the truth. But, we can’t avoid it.” We have been there; we have all been there. Ask a female friend who is fighting for a better pay scale, ask the father of an immigrant who is nervous about the future of his daughter, ask a gay friend who is fighting for the right to marry, ask an African-American friend who wants her younger brother to be unafraid and proud, ask a homeless worker in Bangladesh whose house just got swept by rising sea levels, ask a young child in Beijing who breathes an air polluted by fossil fuels, ask a child labor in India who works ten hours and twelve hours to get two square meals a day. And, when you ask, you will know. You will know why we need to take it personally.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["children","china","education","environment","gay-rights","india","inspirational","journey","life","motivation","personally","sharad-sagar","sharad-vivek-sagar","women-s-rights"],"id":213976,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["change","change-the-world","decision","dedication","effort","inspirational","lessons","life","motivational","passion","people","ripples","sharad-sagar","sharad-vivek-sagar","world"],"id":214798,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"},{"text":"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.","author":"Sharad Vivek Sagar","tags":["children","generation","humor","journey","letters","life","parents","sharad-sagar","sharad-vivek-sagar","snapchat","world"],"id":245847,"author_id":"Sharad+Vivek+Sagar"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":24,"pages":3,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}