Abdul Kalam
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.
Abdul Kalam
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.
Abdul Kalam
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.
Abdul Kalam
Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies. One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.
Abdul Kalam
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.
Abdul Kalam
You have less bias. Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy. When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.
Abdul Kalam
My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias. How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.
Abdul Kalam
India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model. Developing nations want to become developed nations. I love the sea. India can live without nuclear weapons. That's our dream, and it should be the dream of the US, also.
Abdul Kalam
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.
Abdul Kalam
It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer.
Abdul Kalam
The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers. We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!
Abdul Kalam
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?
Abdul Kalam
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.
Abdul Kalam
Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength. No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
Abdul Kalam
In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.
Abdul Kalam
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?
Abdul Kalam
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance? Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.
Abdul Kalam
We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us. Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.
Abdul Kalam
Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model. If we are not free, no one will respect us. As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.
Abdul Kalam
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.
