Quotes By A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Measuring nuclear yield depends on multiple parameters - the location and number of instruments, the geology of the area, the location of the seismic station in relation to the test site.

Today, India consumes about 682 watts per capita, far lesser than developed nations. As India develops, it will definitely require a lot more energy.

Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want.

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.

My hair grows and grows; you cannot stop it - that fellow grows, it grows wild.

India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model.

While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else.

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.

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.

What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics.

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.

There is not enough funding for basic sciences in India. We have to invest in a big way, and I am pushing that idea.

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

In a democracy, the well-being, individuality and happiness of every citizen is important for the overall prosperity, peace and happiness of the nation.

An economically peaceful and prosperous Sri Lanka is the dream of youth of the nation. My message for the youth is to collectively work for an inclusively developed Sri Lanka.

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

Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

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.

When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make?