Quotes By A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

When I took over as president, I studied the Constitution, and the more I studied it, the more I realised that it does not prevent the president of India from giving the nation a vision. So when I went and presented this vision in Parliament and in legislative assemblies; everyone welcomed it, irrespective of party affiliations.

Widespread use of antibiotics promotes the spread of antibiotic resistance. Smart use of antibiotics is the key to controlling its spread.

For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody.

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.

One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias.

Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms.

Over the years, I had nurtured the hope to be able to fly; to handle a machine as it rose higher and higher in the stratosphere was my dearest dream.

One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.

The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders.

Building capacity dissolves differences. It irons out inequalities.

New markets could be created by rural potentials, which could lead to rise in the employment.

A teacher should have a creative mind.

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms, and they need post-war rebuilding of faith, trust and confidence.

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

I have met 18 million youth, and each wants to be unique.

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.

Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has reduced to thin line.

When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.

I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi.

There has to be a global mission of human progress.