A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Collection: Faith
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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?
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Collection: Amazing
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God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers.
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Collection: God
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The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.
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Collection: Teen
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Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
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Collection: Success
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Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.
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Collection: Education
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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.
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Collection: Time
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Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.
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Collection: Knowledge
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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.
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Collection: History
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Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me.
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Collection: Future
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The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
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Collection: Politics
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The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.
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Collection: Inspirational
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Regarding marriage, it - somehow, it didn't happen. One fellow in such a big family not getting married is not an issue.
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Collection: Marriage
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Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.
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Collection: Inspirational
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I firmly believe that unless one has tasted the bitter pill of failure, one cannot aspire enough for success.
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Collection: Success
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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.
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Collection: Science
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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.
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Collection: Travel
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The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.
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Collection: Government
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Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
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Collection: Happiness
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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.
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Collection: Peace
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What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.
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Collection: Politics
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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.
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Collection: Beauty
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Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
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Collection: Dreams
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It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams.
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Collection: Dreams
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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.
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Collection: Experience
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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.
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Collection: Courage
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I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers.
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Collection: Family
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In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.
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Collection: Peace
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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.
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Collection: Science
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No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
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Collection: Religion
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There are a number of women who have brought about immense change in society.
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Collection: Women
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You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
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Collection: God
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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Collection: Teacher
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One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.
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Collection: Health
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Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around.
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Collection: Success
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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.
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Collection: Life
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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.
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Collection: Work
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God is everywhere.
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Collection: God
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If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved.
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Collection: Work
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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.
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Collection: Work
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For success of any mission, it is necessary to have creative leadership. Creative leadership is vital for government, non-governmental organisations as well as for industries.
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Collection: Leadership
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We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.
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Collection: Motivational
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Science is a beautiful gift to humanity; we should not distort it.
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Collection: Science
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If we are not free, no one will respect us.
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Collection: Respect
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My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias.
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Collection: Imagination
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Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it's Shillong, it's northeastern.
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Collection: Food
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Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.
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Collection: Poetry
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Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.
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Collection: Fear
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Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
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Collection: Future
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I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
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Collection: Change