Abdul Kalam Quotes

"To line only for some unknown future is superficial."

"I'm not an expert on the arms race."

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

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

"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."

"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."

"It Is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win someone."

"No sanction can stand against ignited minds."

"War is never a lasting solution for any problem."

"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."

"Today, India is a nuclear weapons state."

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

"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."

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

"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."

"In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength."

"Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection."

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

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

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

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

"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."

"Work with integrity and succeed with integrity."

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

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

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

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

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

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

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