ABDUL KALAM'S FINEST QUOTES

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

• “You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”

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

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

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

• “I was willing to accept what I couldn't change.”

• "Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?”

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

• “If we are not free, no one will respect us.”

• “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.”

• "Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

• "Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?”

• "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. "

• "We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them. "