Kalam Quotes

Shallow men believe in luck or in circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.

Dream is not that which you see while sleeping it is something that does not let you sleep.

Dream, Dream Dream Dreams transform into thoughts And thoughts result in action.

- 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. "Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam of feel LIFE

It Is Very Easy To Defeat Someone, But It Is Very Hard To Win Someone

All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!

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.

Dreams are not those which comes while we are sleeping, but dreams are those when u don't sleep before fulfilling them.

For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.

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''.

Dream is not the thing you see in sleep but is that thing that doesn't let you sleep.

suffering is the essence of success!!!

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

Learning gives creativity Creativity leads to thinking Thinking provides knowledge Knowledge makes you great.

Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution

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

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

Be active! Take on responsibility! Work for the things you believe in. If you do not, you are surrendering your fate to others.

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

Failure will never overtake me if my definition to succeed is strong enough

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.

I am not handsome but I can give my hand to someone who need help... Because beauty is required in heart not in face....

Once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. Whenonce gone no gold can buy them back again.

To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces— desire, belief, and expectation.

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.

If you want to leave your footprints On the sands of time Do not drag your feet.

when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.

Behind the parents stands the school, and behind the teacher the home.

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.

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

God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us to tap and develop these powers.

Let not thy winged days be spent in vain. When once gone no gold can buy them back again.

A big shot is a little shot who keeps on shooting, so keep trying.

once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension.

Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.

Tak peduli seberapa lemah getar itu menyisir kalam batinku. Aku hanya tahu, ada rindu yang ku jaga untukmu.

For all your days prepare And meet them ever alike When you are the anvil, bear - When you are the hammer, strike.

God has not promised Skies always blue, Flower-strewn pathways All our life through; God has not promised Sun without rain, Joy without sorrow, Peace without pain.

You have to Dream before your Dreams can come true

dream is not what you see when you sleep at night,but dream is something which does not let you sleep.

He who knows others is learned, but the wise one is the one who knows himself. Learning without wisdom is of no use.

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.

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.

You cannot change your FUTURE, you can change your HABITS. And surely your HABITS will change your FUTURE

The High Mage scowled. 'All right. Maybe I was trying to scare you. It'll be rough, though. That much is true. And over on the Silanda, Fiddler will be heaving his guts out.' Kalam, thinking on it, suddenly smiled. 'That cheers me up.' 'Me too.

There are more reviews available than the views.

I have repeatedly seen how people are poor at articulating what they want—until they see a work centre doing something they don't want them to do.

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

What you are destined to become is not revealed now but it is predetermined.

the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.

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

The country doesn't deserve anything less than success from us. Let us aim for success".

If You'r a Mechanical Engineer Don't Feel So Proud, Because You Can Repair Everything Except Your Own Heart"!!!

There are boundaries that dictate life: you can only lift so much weight; you can only learn so fast; you can only work so hard; you can only go so far!

My impression of the American people can be summarized by a quotation from Benjamin Franklin, "Those things that hurt instruct!" I realised that people in this part of the world meet their problems head on. They attempt to get out of them rather than suffer them.

The ignited mind of the youth is the most powerful resource on the earth, above the earth and under the earth

Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking leads to knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.

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.

Total commitment is a crucial quality for those who want to reach the very top of their profession.

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.

came. Despite the huge challenge, it was also a project right after my heart and fired my imagination too. We moved from the design

A large number of scientists and engineers leave this country at their first opportunity to earn more money abroad. It is true that they definitely get greater monetary benefits, but could anything compensate for this love and respect from one's own countrymen?

What in Hood's name are you doing down here?' 'Hiding, what's it look like? That's always been your problem, Kal, your lack of subtlety. Sooner or later it's going to get you into trouble. Is it dark yet?' 'No. Listen, what's with this damned gale up top? It's all wrong-' 'You just noticed?' Kalam scowled in the gloom. Well, at least he'd found the wizard. The High Mage of the Fourteenth, hiding between crates and casks and bales. Oh, how bloody encouraging is that? ... Quick Ben moved further into the narrow space between cargo. 'Here, there's room.' After a moment, Kalam joined him. 'You got anything to eat? Drink?' 'Naturally.' 'Good.

The real journey of the Indian aerospace programme, however, had begun with the Rohini Sounding Rocket (RSR) Programme. What is it that distinguishes a sounding rocket from a Satellite Launch Vehicle (SLV) and from a missile? In fact, they are three

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

Dream is not what you see in sleep; is the thing which doesn't let you sleep

praise publicly, but criticize privately.

there is no greater power in heaven or on earth than the commitment to a dream.

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.

I realized then that if something is at stake, the human mind gets ignited and working capacity gets enhanced manifold.

Walt Disney character Pinocchio said: ‘When you wish upon a star It does not matter who you are

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

There seems to be an attitude problem, as if we cannot shake ourselves out of a mindset of limited achievement.

My story—the story of the son of Jainulabdeen, who lived for over a hundred years on Mosque Street in Rameswaram island and died there; the story of a lad who sold newspapers to help his brother; the story of a pupil reared by Sivasubramania Iyer and Iyadurai Solomon; the story of a student taught by teachers like Pandalai; the story of an engineer spotted by MGK Menon and groomed by the legendary Prof. Sarabhai; the story of a scientist tested by failures and setbacks; the story of a leader supported by a large team of brilliant and dedicated professionals. This story will end with me, for I have no belongings in the worldly sense. I have acquired nothing, built nothing, possess nothing—no family, sons, daughters.

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.

Knowledge is a tangible asset, quite often the most important tool in your work.

I learned that once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension.

Not everyone can decode a dream! Dreamers are those abled minds that can read the intent of the dream in terms of energy, frequency & vibration...!

Know where you are going. The great thing in the world is not knowing so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

Great scientific minds are shaped early by unforgettable experiences . . . and some miracle moments.

Great scientists are persevering and never deterred by difficulties

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.

Beautiful hands are those that do Work in earnest and brave and true Moment to Moment All day through

When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility, then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again".

all reasonable men adapt themselves to the world. Only a few unreasonable ones persist in trying to adapt the world to themselves. All progress in the world depends on these unreasonable men and their innovative and often non-conformist actions.

From it genesis twelve hundred years ago to today, Islamic philosophy (al-hikmah; al-falsafah) has been one of the major intellectual traditions within the Islamic world, and it has influenced and been influenced by many other intellectual perspectives, including Scholastic theology (kalam) and doctrinal Sufism (al-ma'rifah or al-tasawwuf al-'ilmi) and theoretical gnosis ('irfan-i nazari).

For each person I lost I found a new layer of grief to cover myself with, and each time I tried to bring something of their essence into my own being - be it unconditional love, kindness and piety.

a good student could learn more from a bad teacher than a poor student from even a skilled teacher.

we don't just build on successes, we also build on failures.

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.

Does the sun really fall into the sea at the end of the day?

What you imagine, is what will transpire. What you believe is what you will achieve,

Indians have been both afflicted and enriched by centuries of migrations. Loyalty to different rulers has dulled our capacity for a single allegiance. Instead, we have developed an extraordinary ability to be compassionate and cruel, sensitive and callous, deep and fickle, all at the same time. To the untrained eye, we may appear colourful and picturesque; to the critical eye, we are but shoddy imitations of our various masters.

wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.

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.

She asks, and something in your head tells you that what she’s doing is right – and that it’s the only reason she has to live. She asked me to die defending her – knowing I didn’t even like her much. Quick, for the rest of my life, I will never forget that moment.’ ‘And you still can’t quite work out what happened.’ The assassin nodded. ‘All at once, it’s as if she’s somehow laid bare your soul and there it is, exposed, trembling, vulnerable beyond all belief – and she could take it, grasp it tight until the blood starts dripping. She could even stab it right through. But she didn’t – she didn’t do any of that, Quick. She reached down, her finger hovered, and then … gone, as if that was all she needed.’ ‘You can stop now,’ the wizard muttered. ‘What you’re talking about – between two people – it almost never happens. Maybe it’s what we all want, but Kalam, it almost never happens.’ ‘There was no respect in what Laseen offered,’ the assassin said. ‘It was a raw bribe, reaching for the worst in me. But from Tavore …’ ‘Nothing but respect. Now I see it, Kal. I see it.

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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. When the student is ready, the teacher will appear—How