51 quotes
Thinking should become your capital asset, whatever ups and downs you may come across in your life.
Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
I was (and am) a terrible conversationist but consider myself a good communicator.
Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.
Security and Diplomacy: Essential Documents (2004)
Climbing to the top demands strength, whether to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.
"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."
We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002)
If we are not free, no one will respect us.
APJ Abdul Kalam (2002)
I wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.
God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success.
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.
Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002)
It has been my personal experience that the true flavour, the real fun, the continuous excitement of work lie in the process of doing it rather than in having it over and done with.
No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
In: Philosophy & Social Action (2003)
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.
India. Parliament. House of the People (2003)
Dream is not that which you see while sleeping; it is something that does not let you sleep.
If you want to shine like a star, first you have to burn like a star.