Quotes By Abdul Kalam

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

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.

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.

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

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

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

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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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

I love the sea.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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