A P J Abdul Kalam Quotes:- Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.
Inspirational A P J Abdul Kalam Quotes
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is an order in the nation; when there is the order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have the perseverance to realize a great life.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise 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?
A P J Abdul Kalam
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
A P J Abdul Kalam
As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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Famous A P J Abdul Kalam Quotes
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
A P J Abdul Kalam
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
A P J Abdul Kalam
I love the sea.
A P J Abdul Kalam
India can live without nuclear weapons. That’s our dream, and it should be the dream of the U.S. also.
A P J Abdul Kalam
I’m not an expert on the arms race.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.
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Best A P J Abdul Kalam Quotes
One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services, and educational facilities.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Developing nations want to become developed nations.
A P J Abdul Kalam
When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
A P J Abdul Kalam
India should walk on her own shadow – we must have our own development model.
A P J Abdul Kalam
There has to be a global mission of human progress.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.
A P J Abdul Kalam
The President’s post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
A P J Abdul Kalam
My hair grows and grows; you cannot stop it – that fellow grows, it grows wild.
A P J Abdul Kalam
While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
A teacher should have a creative mind.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms… For example, I am made up of 5.8×10 27 atoms.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.
A P J Abdul Kalam
For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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?
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.
A P J Abdul Kalam
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
A P J Abdul Kalam
What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
A P J Abdul Kalam
I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India’s flag in New Delhi.
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Today, India is a nuclear weapons state.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Measuring nuclear yield depends on multiple parameters – the location and number of instruments, the geology of the area, the location of the seismic station in relation to the test site.
A P J Abdul Kalam
No sanction can stand against ignited minds.
A P J Abdul Kalam
In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
God is everywhere.
A P J Abdul Kalam
The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
A P J Abdul Kalam
The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
A P J Abdul Kalam
The Bay of Bengal is hit frequently by cyclones. The months of November and May, in particular, are dangerous in this regard.
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The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
All the scientists and technologists should work in appropriate region, specifically the rural technologies, to transform Indian rural sector.
A P J Abdul Kalam
New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.
A P J Abdul Kalam
India’s trade deficit is because of excess of import over exports.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Medical costs are of concern, both in developing and developed countries.
A P J Abdul Kalam
For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.
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Greatest A P J Abdul Kalam Quotes on Success
To become ‘unique,’ the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination.
A P J Abdul Kalam
If four things are followed – having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance – then anything can be achieved.
A P J Abdul Kalam
Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in.
A P J Abdul Kalam
It’s when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that’s the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
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.
A P J Abdul Kalam
I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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