Quotes By A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Knowledge cannot be taken away from anyone except by obsolescence.

The reality of your own nature should determine your speed. If you become restless, speed up. If you become tense and high-strung, slow down.

Strength respects strength and not weakness. Strength means military might and economic prosperity.

Death is not something to be afraid of, and I have never seen it that way. Yet, the sadness that it brings cannot be shrugged away.

If parents and teachers show the required dedication to shape the lives of the young, India would get a new life.

To manage the performance of such specialists the team leader has to adopt a delicate balance between the hands-on and the hands-off approach.

The difference between an energetic person and a confused person is the difference in the way their minds handle their experiences.

See the flower, how generously it distributes perfume and honey. When its work is done, it falls away quietly. Try to be like the flower, unassuming despite all its qualities.

What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to our juniors.

It was exciting that such new technology was being developed in our nation which had become independent only two decades back. From a country that had been left ravaged by years of colonization, we had learnt to dream big and were working on fulfilling this dream fearlessly.

A third quality that I observed in Dr Sarabhai, and which I have tried to incorporate in my own way of working, was an ability to build teams.

Mind is unbelievably elastic. It can expand as much as you let it, and once it opens up, there are no barriers-the belief in yourself that comes as a result is something no one can take away from you.

One must understand the difference between a fear-ridden vision of destiny and the vision that enables us to seek the enemy of fulfilment within ourselves.

Joy is fleeting, whereas true happiness and calm can come to us only after intense pain, when we have confronted ourselves in the mirror of our souls and understood the self.

I would like to ask you, what would you like to be remembered for? You should write it down. It could be an important contribution, whether it is an invention, an innovation or a change that you bring about in society that the nation will remember you for.

Don't pretend to be a candle, be a moth. Know the power hidden in serving. We seem to have got stuck with external forms of politics and mistaking them to be nation-building. It is the sacrifices, toil and valour that and seldom shown or seen that truly makes a nation.

Some prominent aviation museums across India including the HAL Museum in Bangalore, the Indian Air Force Museum in Delhi and the Naval Aviation Museum in Goa which are storehouses of information.

Once an individual severs his emotional and physical bondage, he is on the road to freedom, happiness and peace of mind.

A leader should give the credit of the success to the team members. But when failure comes, leaders should absorb the failures and protect the team members.

Books were always my friends Last more than fifty years Books gave me dreams. Dreams resulted in missions. Books helped me confidently take up the missions. Books gave me courage at the time of failures. Good books were for me angels that touched my heart gently at the time. Hence I ask young friends to have books as friends. Books are your good friends.