Abdul Kalam Quotations

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

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

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

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

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

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.

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.

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 perseverance to realise the great life.

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system.

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

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

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.

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?.

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

The wealth of information now available at the click of a finger amazes me.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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?

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

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

I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

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

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

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?

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

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

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.

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

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

My government is committed towards creating such an environment so that the latent potential of our people can blossom and create a new India of our dreams.

Nuclear scientists have always shown the country how nuclear technology can be used for increasing the agricultural produce, medical application and nuclear power generation.

If you FAIL, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "First Attempt in Learning". END is not the end; in fact E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies". If you get NO as an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity".

Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the ether each night, as the mind falls into the sleep state. Each morning it returns to the conscious state reinforced with the cosmic currents. That which has been imaged will surely and certainly be manifested. You can rely, young man, upon this ageless promise as surely as you can rely upon the eternally unbroken promise of sunrise... and of Spring.

Confidence and Hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person.

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.

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

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.

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

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

If you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

suffering is the essence of success!!!

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.

Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!

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

Success is when your signature becomes an autograph.

What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.

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.

Without your involvement you can't succeed. With your involvement you can't fail.

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

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