Pranav Mistry Quotes

I've found my sweet spot here in public service.

Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at.

I do it because I want to exercise people's compassion and I do it because I really believe that for some reason what I do is important and meaningful.

What matters is how well we do in trying to make people's lives better. That's why I'm doing this. That's why I work the way that I work. And that's why I love what I'm doing so much.

Great people want to work on things that matter. Inevitably, a great person working on imaginary work will turn into an unsatisfied person.

I wanted to develop a career where I could use my engineering background to have a positive effect on society.

I have the sensation of doing something good for people, more than being a trendy artist or a successful artist.

I just want to do something meaningful in the world. I want to contribute positively. That means the roles I get to play as well.

I just want to do something that I feel makes a difference.

I really want to build something to make the world a better place.

I just try to find things that either need to be done, should be done, or where I can make a difference in a significant way. And the things I've been able to participate in have been very, very exciting.

I went to Massachusetts to make a difference. I didn't go there to begin a political career running time and time again. I made a difference. I put in place the things I wanted to do.

I go where the good work is being done.

I know, ultimately, I want to help effect change; otherwise, I would look at myself in the mirror every day and think, 'What in the world am I doing with my life?'

I'm fortunate that Mylan provides this platform that we can make a difference in the lives of people. I'm blessed.

I only want to be involved in projects that have a very good and important message.

I have a very clear picture of what I want to do and what I feel is important as far as my contribution or my appreciation and respect for this life that we're living, and to try to make it better. I can't feel that I'm making it better playing commercial music, and I never could, and I never will.

Don't look at small business as a means to an end and a way to make money until the corporation hires you; look at it as a chance to create something of immeasurable value and beauty in a world that desperately needs it.

If we can be changing some lives along the way, that's the holy grail on television.

Social entrepreneurship is like a butterfly, sucking honey from a flower, but the flower won't die. They're helping the flower to make pollination.

All I ever wanted to do was to do something interesting.

Active citizenship doesn't just mean running for office or going into politics; it means starting organisations that promote change or solve a problem, pursuing social good with economic success.

People should focus on my foundation, my projects, and everything positive and important that I am doing in Latin America and the around the world.

To be in the privileged position where I am able to give something back is, for me, perhaps the single most important measure of success.

We work on things that really matter.