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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


"Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place - that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Life Work Perseverance Knowledge
"If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

You Sun Shine Want Like
"Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Inspirational Today Tomorrow Better
"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Dreams You True Dream
"We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!"
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

People Nation Think Like
"Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Beauty Peace Heart Character
"A teacher should have a creative mind."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Teacher Mind Creative Creative Mind
"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."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Best Work Alone Sky Look
"Small aim is a crime; have great aim."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Great Aim Crime Small
"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?"
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Technology Nation Want Everything
"Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Life You Game Difficult Win
"If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Work Hard Work Perseverance Knowledge
"We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Motivational Us Defeat Problem
"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."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Beautiful Family Teacher Country
"The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Good Education Purpose Skill
"Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Beautiful Science Gift Humanity
"Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Work Me Passion Integrity
"If we are not free, no one will respect us."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Respect Free Will Us
"To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

You Succeed Mission Your Must
"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Dreams Great Always Dreamers
"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."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Work Courage Great People
"As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

God Me Great I Am Anything
"Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Success Man Difficulties Enjoy
"Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Leadership Creativity Spirit Moral
"Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Success Education Future Children
"Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?"
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Respect Self Realize Reliance
"Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Excellence Process Accident
"No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Religion Promotion Others Sustenance
"Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Strength Your Top Career Everest
"To become 'unique,' the challenge is to fight the hardest battle which anyone can imagine until you reach your destination."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

You Destination Fight Battle
"God is everywhere."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

God Everywhere
"Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Strength World Respect Fear
"Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Peace Heart World Nation
"The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Inspirational Life Bird Own Powered
"My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Vision Nation Cannot Lifeline
"It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

People Will Who Go
"The world has today 546 nuclear plants generating electricity. Their experience is being continuously researched, and feedback should be provided to all. Nuclear scientists have to interact with the people of the nation, and academic institutions continuously update nuclear power generation technology and safety."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Today Experience Technology World
"Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Happiness Poetry Sorrow Deepest
"War is never a lasting solution for any problem."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

War Never Solution Problem
"Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Knowledge Great Passion Compassion
"I was willing to accept what I couldn't change."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Change Accept Willing
"When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Courage Failure Always Obstacles
"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?"
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Success Me Great Amazing
"In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Happiness Peace Democracy Nation
"The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Youth Teen Job Need Become
"You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Work God You People
"Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Society Fight Corruption Will
"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."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Heritage Generation Will Safe
"Writing is my love. If you love something, you find a lot of time. I write for two hours a day, usually starting at midnight; at times, I start at 11."
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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