Abdul Kalam famous quotes

My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Thinking #People #Quality

Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Vegetarian #Economy #Starting

India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Real #Oil #Goal

It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone
-- Abdul Kalam

#Relationship #Winning #Defeat

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal
-- Abdul Kalam

#Goal #Succeed #Devotion

All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!
-- Abdul Kalam

#Attitude #Rain #Eagles

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Excellence #Process #Accidents

All God's creatures are His family; and he is the most beloved of God who tries to do most good to God's creatures.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Trying #Beloved #Creatures

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Brain #Benches #May

I'm not a handsome guy, but I can give my hand to someone who needs help. Beauty is in the heart, not in the face.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Honesty #Heart #Hands

Each individual creature on this beautiful planet is created by God to fulfil a particular role. Whatever I have achieved in life is through His help and an expression of His will. He showered His grace on me through some outstanding teachers and colleagues and when I pay my tributes to these fine persons, I am merely praising His glory. We are all born with a divine fire in us.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Inspirational #Beautiful #Teacher

You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Inspirational #Habit #Your Future

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

#Congratulations #Men #Needs

Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Ideas #Stories #Messages

Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you, but to help you realise your hidden potential and power, let difficulties know that you too are difficult.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Inspirational #Helping #Difficult

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

#Educational #Creating #Focus

Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Media #Achievement #India

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Two #People #Type

A Fool can become a Genius when he understands he is a Fool but. A Genius can become a Fool when he understands he is a Genius.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Genius #Fool

Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Dream #Sleep #Doe

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

#Requirements #Killing #Promotion

One Best Book is Equal To Hundred Good Friends But One Good Friend is Equal To A Library.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Inspirational #Book #Good Friend

Success is when your signature becomes an autograph.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Signatures

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

#Negative

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?
-- Abdul Kalam

#Technology #Years #Legacy

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.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Moving #Resilience #Needs

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.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Family #Beautiful #Mother

India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Shadow #India #Development

The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Cyclones #May #Months

When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad...
-- Abdul Kalam

#Hands #Promise #Speak

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Dream #Inspiration #Dreams Can Come True

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Important #Students #Characteristics

As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Children #Child Of God

India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Healthy #India #Prosperous

There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Force #Beneficial

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Teacher #Children #Creativity

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Acceptance #Accepting #Willing

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?
-- Abdul Kalam

#Self Esteem #Self Respect #Self Reliance

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Mean #Responsibility #Government

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

#Dream #Sleep #Fulfilling

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.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Believe #Moving #Two

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

#Children #Sacrifice #Today

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

#Mean #People #Responsible

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Encouragement #Prayer #Personality

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Jobs #Needs #Youth

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Giving #Safe #India

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Sorrow

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Hard Work #People #Principles

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

#Creativity #Role Models #Roles

In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Fear #World #This World

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Inspirational #Dream #Sky

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

#Congratulations #Heart #Half

Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Country #Adversity #Thinking

My worthiness is all my doubt His Merit- all my fear- Contrasting which my quality Does however appear
-- Abdul Kalam

#Doubt #Quality #Doe

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Integrity #Passion #Leader

Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Inspirational #Waiting #Luck

suffering is the essence of success!!!
-- Abdul Kalam

#Essence #Suffering

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

#Climbing #Careers #New Job

When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Mother #Happy Family

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Dream #Dreamer

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

#Dream #India #Nuclear

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness
-- Abdul Kalam

#Happiness #Running #Achievement

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.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Land #Culture #Way

Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution
-- Abdul Kalam

#Hard Work #Thinking #Way

If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Powerful #Shining #Want

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

#Views #Imagination #Optimism

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Giving Up #Problem #Defeat

If we are not free, no one will respect us.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Thrive

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

#Fighting #Men #People

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Inspirational #Motivational #Success

The only day in your life.... Your mother smiled when you cried...
-- Abdul Kalam

#Mother

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Winning #Games #Life Is

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

#India #Sickness #Terrorism

Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Educational #Creativity #Thinking

SUCCESS DEFINITION-- WHEN OUR SIGNATURE CHANGES TO AUTOGRAPH ,this marks the success.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Signatures #Definitions #Mark

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.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Beautiful #Race #Humanity

The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Motivation #Bird

When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Art #Creativity #Thinking

Behind the parents stands the school, and behind the teacher the home.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Teacher #Home #School

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
-- Abdul Kalam

To line only for some unknown future is superficial.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Future #Lines #Superficial

Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!
-- Abdul Kalam

#Attitude #Differences #Common

I'm not an expert on the arms race.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Race #Experts #Arms

The Earth is the most powerful and energetic planet.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Powerful #Earth #Planets

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10^27 atoms.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Philosophy #Medicine #Psychology

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

#Type #Certain #Trade

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Succeed #Failing #Involvement

A developed India by 2020, or even earlier, is not a dream. It need not be a mere vision in the minds of many Indians. It is a mission we can all take up - and succeed.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Dream #Mind #Vision

Developing nations want to become developed nations.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Want

Work with integrity and succeed with integrity
-- Abdul Kalam

#Integrity #Succeed

IF you Salute your work,You do not have to salute anybody. IF you pollute your work,You have to salute everybody.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Salute

Dream, Dream Dream Dreams transform into thoughts And thoughts result in action.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Dream #Action #Results

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Law #Action #Crime

Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Energy #India #Today

Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Views #Issues #Understanding

Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Population #Development #Unrest

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

#Inspirational #Success #Mind

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''.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Dream #Opportunity #Goal

We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Fire #Wings #Giving

Everyone's life is a page in the human history irrespective of the position he or she holds or the work he or she performs.
-- Abdul Kalam

#Pages #Life Is #Position