APJ Abdul Kalam Quotes

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. This is my message to the young people.

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

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

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.

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

Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity.

Wherever I go, as long as I get a hot vegetable dish, I am okay. If I am in Gujarat, I have Gujarati food. If it's Shillong, it's northeastern.

Pondering must turn out to be your cash asset, regardless of whichever ups and downs you occur throughout in the everyday living.

When learning is purposeful, creativity blossoms. When creativity blossoms, thinking emanates. When thinking emanates, knowledge is fully lit. When knowledge is lit, economy flourishes.

Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.