Kumar Mangalam Birla Quotes

You have to stand for something bigger than yourself.

I always hired widows with children, because they had to work and didn't have any foolishness about them.

Democracy without morality is impossible.

I like being in the workforce; it keeps me grounded.

I think the younger generation, the people poised to dominate the workforce, are more socially conscious. They are more demanding in terms of environment and how that environment contributes to their life.

Without work, all life goes rotten. But when work is soulless, life stifles and dies.

It's not the sentiments of men which make history but their actions.

Social networking technology didn't really exist until 2004-2005. I had the idea to use this technology to bridge this gap between a general interest in addressing social issues and the practical action.

I've always been interested in how people think, how they react to challenges in their lives - what makes people tick. I've also always been passionate about social issues and causes, and I wanted to make films that addressed important issues in very human terms.

What we do for a living does not matter so much as how we do it. It is the spirit in which we do our work that counts, and that counts through all eternity.

I think we're doing the right things for the right reasons. We're not doing it to sell products. We're not doing it to be popular. We're doing it because in our judgment these stories are important to do, and at this length and this much depth.

To sum it all up, the objective of my life has been to give work a moral and economic dignity.

Work needs to be a reflection of your social values. You are how you work!

The young people I know judge leaders by their deeds and abhor hypocrisy. Inconsistency and point-scoring do not win respect. It's not easy to be engaged in political debate when it is reduced to performers trying to outdo each other. Actions from leaders must mirror the values they claim to espouse.

Long-term career aspirations encompass emotional and intellectual impact of work on society.

I'm an agent of change all day long, and I want to meet other people like that.

Little changes can start to make a difference in the world.

Adults must awaken to the urgency of the young people’s unrest—in other words, there must be created an adult unrest against the inequities and injustices in the present system.

She can talk beautifully about democracy. But she does not know how to live democracy

We have lost the old love of work.

What did you do to change the world today?

We’re not here to bring politics to our morality, but to bring morality to our politics.

I believe that every single one of us, celebrity or not, has a responsibility to get involved in trying to make a difference in the world. Our generation faces many challenges, some of which were passed on to us by the past generations, but it's up to us to find solutions today so that we don't keep passing our problems on.

I am trying to change the world.

I don't have to work; I need to work.