1."Dream, Dream Dream
Dreams transform into thoughts
And thoughts result in action.
2."Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.
*Wings of Fire
3."It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone
4."For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.
*Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
5."Dreams are not those which comes while we are sleeping, but dreams are those when u don't sleep before fulfilling them.
*Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
6."Don't take rest after your first victory because if you fail in second, more lips are waiting to say that your first victory was just luck.
7."All Birds find shelter during a rain.
But Eagle avoids rain by flying above
the Clouds.
8."Problems are common, but attitude
makes the difference!!!
9"If you fail, never give up because F.A.I.L. means "first Attempt In Learning"
- End is not the end, if fact E.N.D. means "Effort Never Dies"
- If you get No as an answer, remember N.O. means "Next Opportunity".
So Let's be positive.
10."suffering is the essence of success!!!
11."Learning gives creativity
Creativity leads to thinking
Thinking provides knowledge
Knowledge makes you great.
12."Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution
*Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within India
13."When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Indomitable Spirit
14."Dream is not the thing you see in sleep but is that thing that doesn't let you sleep.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
15."This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins''.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
15."Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy the success.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, You Are Born To Blossom: Take My Journey Beyond..
16."Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
17."Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
18."Failure will never overtake me if my definition to succeed is strong enough
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
19."Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
20."Once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
21."Sometimes, it's better to bunk a class and enjoy with friends, because now, when I look back, marks never make me laugh, but memories do.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
22."Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
23."I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who need help... Because beauty is required in heart not in face....
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
24."We are all born with a divine fire in us. Our efforts should be to give wings to this fire and fill the world with the glow of its goodness.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
25."Behind the parents stands the school, and behind the teacher the home.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
26."why be afraid of difficulties, sufferings and problems? When troubles come, try to understand the relevance of your sufferings. Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
27."The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience is gained, and technologies are mastered. The importance of the peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
28."What makes life in Indian organizations difficult is the widespread prevalence of this very contemptuous pride. It stops us from listening to our juniors, subordinates and people down the line. You cannot expect a person to deliver results if you humiliate him, nor can you expect him to be creative if you abuse him or despise him. The line between firmness and harshness, between strong leadership and bullying, between discipline and vindictiveness is very fine, but it has to be drawn.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
29."Desire, when it stems from the heart and spirit, when it is pure and intense, possesses awesome electromagnetic energy. This energy is released into the ether each night, as the mind falls into the sleep state. Each morning it returns to the conscious state reinforced with the cosmic currents. That which has been imaged will surely and certainly be manifested. You can rely, young man, upon this ageless promise as surely as you can rely upon the eternally unbroken promise of sunrise... and of Spring.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of Fire
30.“ you have to have a goal but
you have to have strategies to
achieve it as fast as possible.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
31.“ What you imagine, is what
will transpire. What you
believe is what you will
achieve,
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
32“ Beautiful hands are those that
do
Work in earnest and brave
and true
Moment to Moment
All day through
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
33.“ schooldays, the odd jobs I did
to pay my school fees, and
how my decision to become a
vegetarian was partly due to
my financial
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
34.“ When a person looks at
himself, he is likely to
misjudge what he finds. He
sees only his intentions. Most
people have good intentions
and hence conclude that
whatever they are doing is
good. It is difficult for an
individual to objectively judge
his actions, which may be,
and often are, contradictory to
his good intentions.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
35.“ Great inspiration makes great
scientists.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Reignited:
Scientific Pathways to a Better
Future
36.“ The sweetness we taste in a
piece of sugar is neither a
property of the sugar nor a
property of ourselves. We are
producing the experience of
sweetness in the process of
interacting with the sugar.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
37.“ The tree of technology
management takes root only if
there is the self-actualization
of needs, renewal,
interdependence, and natural
flow. The growth patterns are
characteristic of the evolution
process, which means that
things move in a combination
of slow change and sudden
transformation; each
transformation causes either a
leap into a new, more
complex level or a devastating
crash to some earlier level;
dominant models reach a
certain peak of success when
they turn troublesome; and
the rate of change always
accelerates.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ goal-setting, positive thinking,
visualizing, and believing.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Knowledge is a tangible asset,
quite often the most important
tool in your work.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ To be a successful team leader,
one has to stay back after the
din and clutter of a working
day to emerge better-equipped
and ready to face a new day.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ 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.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ When the leader goes too far
with the hands-on approach,
he is seen as an anxious and
interfering type. If he goes too
far hands-off, he is seen as
abdicating his responsibility
or not being interested.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Let craft, ambition, spite, Be
quenched in Reason's night,
Till weakness turn to might,
Till what is dark be light, Till
what is wrong be right! Lewis
Carroll
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Man needs his difficulties
because they are necessary to
enjoy success.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Great dreams of great
dreamers are always
transcended,
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ The line between firmness and
harshness, between strong
leadership and bullying,
between discipline and
vindictiveness is very fine, but
it has to be drawn.
Unfortunately, the only line
prominently drawn in our
country today is between the
'heroes' and the 'zeros'. On one
side are a few hundred
'heroes' keeping nine hundred
and fifty million people down
on the other side. This
situation has to be changed.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ India's struggle for
technological self sufficiency
and defensive autonomy—a
story as much about politics,
domestic and international, as
it is about science.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ I was excited but nervous,
determined but anxious,
confident but tense.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Each individual creature on
this beautiful planet is created
by God to fulfil a particular
role.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Beautiful hands are those that
do Work that is earnest and
brave and true Moment by
moment The long day through.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Let not thy winged days be
spent in vain. When once
gone, no gold can buy them
back.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
“ that a lot of what happens in
our lives is predetermined and
that the only way forward is
to accept what has happened
and to move on. Who knew,
perhaps what destiny had in
store would be better than
what one is grieving over
now.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
“ I have always believed that
cowards never make history,
history is created by people
with courage and wisdom.
Courage is individual, wisdom
comes with experience.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Turning
Points
“ Thinking is the capital,
Enterprise is the way, Hard
Work is the solution.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Ignited
Minds
“ true quality does not come
from a great building or great
facilities or great
advertisements. It happens
when education is imparted
with love by great teachers.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My
Journey: Transforming Dreams
into Actions
“ the person who is rich in spirit
can never be poor.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
“ The difference between an
energetic person and a
confused person is the
difference in the way their
minds handle their
experiences.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“ communication is a two-party
affair which aims at passing
on or receiving a specific
piece of information.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ I learned that once your mind
stretches to a new level it
never goes back to its original
dimension.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Bread baked without love is a
bitter bread that feeds but half
a man's hunger,"—those who
cannot work with their hearts
achieve but a hollow, half-
hearted success that breeds
bitterness all around.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Be more dedicated to making
solid achievements than in
running after swift but
synthetic happiness,
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ How did they feel so secure
without anything to fall back
upon? I believe they drew
sustenance from within.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Above all things, reverence
yourself.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Before God trusts you with
success, you have to prove
yourself humble enough to
handle the big prize.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ The key to my motivation has
always been to look at how
far I had still to go rather
than how far I had come.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Leaders can create a high
productivity level by
providing the appropriate
organizational structure and
job design, and by
acknowledging and
appreciating hard work.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Destiny had a strange plan in
store for him.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Reignited:
Scientific Pathways to a Better
Future
“ 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.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, The
Righteous Life: The Very Best of
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“ Anyone who has taken up the
responsibility to lead a team
can be successful only if he is
sufficiently independent,
powerful and influential in
his own right to become a
person to reckon with.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ freedom with responsibility is
the only sound basis for
personal happiness.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Knowledge cannot be taken
away from anyone except by
obsolescence.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ A leader can only be free to
lead his team if he keeps
abreast of all that is
happening around him—in
real time.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ I realized then that if
something is at stake, the
human mind gets ignited and
working capacity gets
enhanced manifold.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Ignited
Minds
“ The sovereign way to personal
freedom is to help determine
the forces that determine you.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Where the mind is without
fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been
broken up into fragments . . . .
My Father, let my country
awake. —Rabindranath Tagore
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Ignited
Minds
“ A dream is not what you see
when you sleep. It is what
keeps you from falling asleep.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“ a project leader should always
work with proven
technologies in most of the
systems as far as possible and
experiment only from
multiple resources.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Within the mind are all the
resources required for
successful living. Ideas are
present in the consciousness,
which when released and
given scope to grow and take
shape, can lead to successful
events. God, our Creator, has
stored within our minds and
personalities, great potential
strength and ability. Prayer
helps us to tap and develop
these powers.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ To live only for some
unknown future is superficial.
It is like climbing a mountain
to reach the peak without
experiencing its sides. The
sides of the mountain sustain
life, not the peak. This is
where things grow, experience
is gained, and technologies are
mastered. The importance of
the peak lies only in the fact
that it defines the sides. So I
went on towards the top, but
always experiencing the sides.
I had a long way to go but I
was in no hurry. I went in
little steps—just one step after
another—but each step
towards the top.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ How can I become an
aeronautical scientist?
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Reignited:
Scientific Pathways to a Better
Future
“ Bread baked without love is a
bitter bread that feeds but half
a man's hunger,"—those who
cannot work with their hearts
achieve but a hollow, half-
hearted success that breeds
bitterness all around. If you
are a writer who would
secretly prefer to be a lawyer
or a doctor, your written
words will feed but half the
hunger of your readers; if you
are a teacher who would
rather be a businessman, your
instructions will meet but half
the need for knowledge of
your students; if you are a
scientist who hates science,
your performance will satisfy
but half the needs of your
mission.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ we don't just build on
successes, we also build on
failures.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ What makes life in Indian
organizations difficult is the
widespread prevalence of this
very contemptuous pride. It
stops us from listening to our
juniors,
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ The best performances are
accomplished when you are
relaxed and free of doubt.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ 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.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“ a productive leader must be
very competent in staffing.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ praise publicly, but criticize
privately.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Confidence and Hard-work is
the only medicine to kill a
disease called failure!
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Tags: imspirational-quotes
“ 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.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ The hands-off approach trusts
team members and recognizes
their need for autonomy to
carry out their roles, as they
see fit.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Ulluvathellam uyarvullal
matratu Tallinum tellamai
nirttut (Think of rising higher.
Let it be your only thought.
Even if your object be not
attained, the thought itself
will have raised you.)
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My
Journey: Transforming Dreams
into Actions
“ small aim is a crime.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
“ Does the sun really fall into
the sea at the end of the day?
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
“ Problems are a part of life.
Suffering is the essence of
success. As
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ 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
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Reignited:
Scientific Pathways to a Better
Future
“ The hands-on approach takes
an active interest on a very
regular basis in the members'
work. The hands-off approach
trusts team members and
recognizes their need for
autonomy to carry out their
roles, as they see fit. It hinges
on their self-motivation.
When the leader goes too far
with the hands-on approach,
he is seen as an anxious and
interfering type. If he goes too
far hands-off, he is seen as
abdicating his responsibility
or not being interested. Today,
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ concede defeat in the mind, he
seems
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, The
Righteous Life: The Very Best of
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
“ there is no greater power in
heaven or on earth than the
commitment to a dream.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Ignited
Minds
“ As a child of God, I am greater
than anything that can
happen to me.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire: An Autobiography
“ I reminded myself that the best
way to win was to not need to
win. The best performances
are accomplished when you
are relaxed and free of doubt.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ Most of the time,
communication gets confused
with conversation. In fact, the
two are distinctly different.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Tags: communication ,
conversation
“ with thimble and thread And
wax and hammer, and buckles
and screws, And all such
things as geniuses use; — Two
bats for patterns, curious
fellows! A charcoal-pot and a
pair of bellows.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
“ The angel is free because of his
knowledge, the beast because
of his ignorance, between the
two remains the son of man to
struggle. —Rumi
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, The
Guiding Light: A Selection of
Quotations From My Favourite
Books
“ To live only for some
unknown future is superficial.
It is like climbing a mountain
to reach the peak without
experiencing its sides. The
sides of the mountain sustain
life, not the peak. This is
where things grow, experience
is gained and technologies are
mastered. The importance of
the peak lies only in the fact
that it defines the sides.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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“ Schwartz High School
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
like
“ Adversities always presents
opportunities for
Introspection.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire: An Autobiography
Tags: inspirational-quotes
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“ apogee
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
like
“ Dream is not what you see
when you sleep; dream is
something that doesn't make
you sleep
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
like
“ When the student is ready, the
teacher will appear.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Tags: student , teacher
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“ A dream is not what you see
when you sleep. A dream is
what you keeps you from
falling asleep.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
like
“ A dream is not what you see
when you sleep. A dream is
what keeps you from falling
asleep.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
like
“ One good book Is Equal To
Hundred Friends . . . But One
Good Friend Is Equal To A
Library
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
like
“ To succeed in life and achieve
results, you must understand
and master three mighty
forces— desire, belief, and
expectation." Iyadurai
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Wings of
Fire
like
“ Difficult missions will bring
difficult challenges which
may sometimes produce
temporary setbacks. The test of
a human being is in accepting
the failure and going on
trying until he or she
succeeds. Managing failure is
the essence of leadership.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
like
“ If you earn your bread well,
there will always be people
around you to apply butter.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
like
“ if something is at stake, the
human mind gets ignited and
the working capacity gets
enhanced manifold. This is
one of the techniques of
building talent. It is important
to work hard towards your
chosen path—success is more
a function of effort than
anything else. A
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
like
“ A nation with a strong base in
science and technology is a
nation with a strong
backbone. By
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, My Life:
An Illustrated Biography
“ One best book is equal to
hundred good friends but one
good friend is equal to a
library.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
like
“ If you want to shine like a sun,
first burn like a sun.
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
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