50 Must Read Quotes from Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

1. “You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”
 

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

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

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

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

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

7. “There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.”

8. “The Earth is the most powerful and energetic planet.”

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

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

11. “On behalf of the Government and people of India and on my own behalf, I would like to convey to you and to the people of Pakistan our heartfelt sympathies.”

12. “To line only for some unknown future is superficial.”

13. “Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?”

14. “Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.”

15. “When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust… Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad…”

16. “Away! Fond thoughts, and vex my soul no more! Work claimed my wakeful nights, my busy days Albeit brought memories of Rameswaram shore Yet haunt my dreaming gaze!”

17. “What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful and to remove the wrongs of injured…”

18. “My worthiness is all my doubt His Merit- all my fear- Contrasting which my quality Does however appear ”

19. “Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.”

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

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

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

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

24. “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.”

25. “To line only for some unknown future is superficial.”

26. “On behalf of the Government and people of India and on my own behalf, I would like to convey to you and to the people of Pakistan our heartfelt sympathies.”

27. “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.”

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

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

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

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

32. “It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.”

33. “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

34. “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?”

35. “Nuclear deterrents on both sides have helped avert a war,”
 

36. “The right signal is that technology is going to boost (economic) development of our nation,”

37. “These changes will have a major impact on the fiscal deficit of states, apart from bringing down the costs of doing business,”
 

38. “not to allow problems to rule you.”

39. “Convergence of our views on global trade issues under the WTO and our common resolve to combat terrorism provide a valuable base for mutual understanding.”
 

40. “India must achieve the real goal?that is energy independence or an economy which will function well within total freedom from oil, gas or coal imports.”

41. “The product being internationally competitive it is able to service a large market with availability in time and state of the art performance at reduced costs per unit.”

42. “The school hours for children are the best time for learning, and need the best environment and mission oriented learning with value based educational system.”

43. “I have already met one million youth and when they grow up what they will say about me is most important for me.”

44. “My government is committed towards creating such an environment so that the latent potential of our people can blossom and create a new India of our dreams.”

45. “We need to create brand institutions. In the fortune 500 companies, 5 Indian companies are named while 15 are from China though we have similar kind of populations.”
 

46. “Science leads to development of technologies. Availability of technologies leads to products.”

47. “At first instance when they notice any change, they have to start discussions with the child about various problems and enhance their communication with the child.”
 

48. “English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.”

49. “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.”
 

50. “Even where we have taken action against terrorists through political, military and police methods, we have not been able to find the solution in full and the solutions are evading. In all our action, I believe, we have to consider injection of certain higher elements.”