A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes

Behind the parents stands the school, and behind the teacher the home.

We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!

Once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension

communication is a two-party affair which aims at passing on or receiving a specific piece of information.

There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.

The best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

Knowledge cannot be taken away from anyone except by obsolescence.

The mining industry's contribution to the GDP varies between 2.25 and 2.5 per cent.

I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi.

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.

There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.

Developing nations want to become developed nations.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

The country doesn't deserve anything less than success from us. Let us aim for success.

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

One best book is equal to hundred good friends but one good friend is equal to a library.

Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it's Shillong, it's northeastern.

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.

A teacher should have a creative mind.

To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience is gained, and technologies are mastered. The importance of the peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides. So I went on towards the top, but always experiencing the sides. I had a long way to go but I was in no hurry. I went in little steps - just one step after another - but each step towards the top.

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.

It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.

For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

A productive leader must be very competent in staffing.

For each person I lost I found a new layer of grief to cover myself with, and each time I tried to bring something of their essence into my own being - be it unconditional love, kindness and piety.

The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

How can I become an aeronautical scientist?

Does the sun really fall into the sea at the end of the day?

The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety.

For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

What you are destined to become is not revealed now but it is predetermined.

Leaders can create a high productivity level by providing the appropriate organizational structure and job design, and by acknowledging and appreciating hard work.

Beautiful hands are those that do
Work in earnest and brave and true
Moment to Moment
All day through

When troubles come, try to understand the relevance of your sufferings. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection." "Why

Confidence and Hard-work is the only medicine to kill a disease called failure!

To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces - desire, belief, and expectation.

This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins'.

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.

My story - the story of the son of Jainulabdeen, who lived for over a hundred years on Mosque Street in Rameswaram island and died there; the story of a lad who sold newspapers to help his brother; the story of a pupil reared by Sivasubramania Iyer and Iyadurai Solomon; the story of a student taught by teachers like Pandalai; the story of an engineer spotted by MGK Menon and groomed by the legendary Prof. Sarabhai; the story of a scientist tested by failures and setbacks; the story of a leader supported by a large team of brilliant and dedicated professionals. This story will end with me, for I have no belongings in the worldly sense. I have acquired nothing, built nothing, possess nothing - no family, sons, daughters.

I have repeatedly seen how people are poor at articulating what they want - until they see a work centre doing something they don't want them to do.

Total commitment is a crucial quality for those who want to reach the very top of their profession.

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.

small aim is a crime.

I knew I was putting you under immense pressure when I rejected your work the other day. I set an impossible deadline - yet you have met it with work that I can only call outstanding. As your teacher, I had to push you to your limits so that you could recognize your own true potential.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who need help ... Because beauty is required in heart not in face ...

Failure will never overtake me if my definition to succeed is strong enough

The difference between an energetic person and a confused person is the difference in the way their minds handle their experiences.

If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.

When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman.

Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11.

There seems to be an attitude problem, as if we cannot shake ourselves out of a mindset of limited achievement.

The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

Adversities provide opportunities for introspection.

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.

Great inspiration makes great scientists.

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime.

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise ... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.

We must get rid of fossil fuels by developing injection systems for automobiles, which can run on bio-fuel.

Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.

Within the mind are all the resources required for successful living. Ideas are present in the consciousness, which when released and given scope to grow and take shape, can lead to successful events.

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again".

Science is global. Einstein's equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it. Science does not differentiate between multiple races.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.

How did they feel so secure without anything to fall back upon? I believe they drew sustenance from within.

A project leader should always work with proven technologies in most of the systems as far as possible and experiment only from multiple resources.

I reminded myself that the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt. I

concede defeat in the mind, he seems

I have understood now that after feelings of disappointment subside, and one gains perspective, these experiences can change our ways of thinking, and bring us face to face with existential issues. When that happens, we need to embrace the events and analyze how we responded - did we allow them to merely roll over us like waves, or did we dive deeper into the matter and use it to gain insights into ourselves?

Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.

We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.

- If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "first Attempt In Learning"
- End is not the end, if fact E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies"
- If you get No as an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity".
So Let's be positive. "Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam of feel LIFE

When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?

Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success.

Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.

Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.

You must build on the resources represented by our young professionals and by our nation's farmers. Without their involvement we cannot succeed. With their involvement we cannot fail.' While

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Dreams are not those which comes while we are sleeping, but dreams are those when u don't sleep before fulfilling them.

It is a story I never tire of telling, because to me it is the perfect coming together to science and spirituality-the twin driving forces of my life.

Great scientists are persevering and never deterred by difficulties

My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, "Those things that hurt instruct!" I realised that people in this part of the world meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out of them rather than suffer them.

It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone

The tree of technology management takes root only if there is the self-actualization of needs, renewal, interdependence, and natural flow. The growth patterns are characteristic of the evolution process, which means that things move in a combination of slow change and sudden transformation; each transformation causes either a leap into a new, more complex level or a devastating crash to some earlier level; dominant models reach a certain peak of success when they turn troublesome; and the rate of change always accelerates.