Abdul Kalam Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from a Visionary Leader

Dreams are not those which come while we are sleeping, but dreams are those which do not let you sleep.

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.

All of us do not have equal talent. But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

You have to dream before your dreams can come true.

Without your involvement, you can’t succeed. With your involvement, you can’t fail.

Small aim is a crime; have great aim.

We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.

Excellence is a continuous process, not an accident.

There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones, and choose correctly between them.

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.

If a country is to be corruption-free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.

Abdul Kalam Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from a Visionary Leader part 2

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.

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.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.

If you fail, never give up because FAIL means First Attempt In Learning.

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

One best book is equal to a hundred good friends, but one good friend is equal to a library.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Thinking is the capital, enterprise is the way, hard work is the solution.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.

Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person.

Man needs difficulties in life because they are necessary to enjoy success.

All birds find shelter during the rain. But the eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

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

No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.

I was willing to accept what I couldn’t change.

It was my father who taught me to value myself.

Science is global. Einstein’s equation, E=mc2, has to reach everywhere. Science is a beautiful gift to humanity, we should not distort it.

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

Successful people don’t relax on chair. They feel relaxed with their work. They sleep very late because their day is not finished.

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

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

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classrooms.

It is the women who bear the brunt of poverty.

Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.

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.

If you want to shine like a sun, first burn like a sun.