Quotes By Abdul Kalam

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

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

I'm not an expert on the arms race.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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