Abdul Kalam Quotes
"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Dreams)
"My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Age, Imagination, Optimism)
"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
(Related: Prosperity, Will)
"We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!"
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: People, Dream, Act, Nation)
"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
(Related: History, Life, Culture, Land)
"Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Fear, Strength, Respect, Will, World)
"To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Goal, Devotion, Mission, Succeed)
"Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Success, Work, Bitterness)
"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?"
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Success, Negative, Media, Nation)
"No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Religion, Killing, Promotion)
"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Dreams)
"Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Happiness, Running)
"Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Strength, Career)
"Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?"
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Respect, Self, Self reliance, Self respect)
"Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Leadership, Creativity, Spirit, Students)
"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
(Related: Science, English, Present, Will)
"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
(Related: Technology, Nation, Obsession, Television, Want, Years)
"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
(Related: God, Strength, Ability, Potential, Prayer)
"I was willing to accept what I couldn't change."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Change)
"As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: God)
"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
(Related: Mother, Father, Corruption, Country, Difference, Key, Nation)
"If we are not free, no one will respect us."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Respect, Will)
"In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Death, Crime, Sickness, Terrorism)
"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
(Related: People, Righteousness, Will)
"Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Sacrifice, Children, Today, Tomorrow)
"Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Life)
"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
(Related: Work, Dream, Sky, Universe)
"Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success."
- Abdul Kalam
(Related: Success, Difficulties, Man, Needs)