Quotes By 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.

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.

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

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

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

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

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

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

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.

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

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

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

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

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

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

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

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?

I love the sea.

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

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!

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

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