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The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam QUOTES

The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam QUOTES

1 "       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

2 " action. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

3 " When Dr Sarabhai gave shape to a vision to develop rockets in India, he was questioned, along with the political leadership, on the relevance of such a programme when a vast majority in the country was battling the demons of hunger and poverty. Yet, he was in agreement with Jawaharlal Nehru that India could only play a meaningful role in the affairs of the world if the country was self-reliant in every manner, and should be able to apply advanced technologies to alleviate real-life problems. Thus our space programme was never simply a desire to be one among an elite group of nations, neither was it a matter of playing catch-up with other countries. Rather, it was an expression of the need for developing indigenous capabilities in telecommunications, meteorology and education. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

4 " British. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

5 " British. My mother "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

6 " Don’t pretend to be a candle, be a moth. Know the power hidden in serving. We seem to have got stuck with external forms of politics and mistaking them to be nation-building. It is the sacrifices, toil and valour that and seldom shown or seen that truly makes a nation. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

7 " A.T.: I understand that you had a lot of difficulty in arranging relief of about 700,000 for each family? A.P.J.: I have forgotten that. There is a point at which everything becomes simple and there is no longer any question of choice, because all you have staked will be lost if you look back. Life, all through, is marked by points of no return—that is where I stood at that time. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

8 " Stories of perseverance and extraordinary courage always inspire me. This piece in a book called Everyday Greatness by Stephen R. Covey has remained with me ever since. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

9 " India "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

10 " Normally, when the petitions from the citizens reached the Public-1 Section, for twenty petitions to get a decision, it used to take seven days, but after the implementation of e-governance it took only five hours to clear forty petitions. I hope one can see such systems in many more state and central government offices. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

11 " concede defeat in the mind, he seems "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

12 " How could they afford to pay the sum of 600 that was the admission fee at MIT? "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

13 " one, "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

14 " For instance, the education system, instead of going by textbook teaching, will promote creative and interactive self-learning—both formal and informal—with a focus on values, merit and quality. Workers, instead of being skilled or semi-skilled, will be knowledgeable, self-empowered and flexibly skilled. Types of work, instead of being structured and hardware driven, will be more flexible and software driven. Management styles will be delegative rather than directive. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

15 " In any village or panchayat or district, we will always find at least a few corruption-free good human beings. We may even find pockets of corruption-free societies. If these can be identified and celebrated, we can create a nearly corruption-free state. The real-world examples of corruption-free individuals and groups and societies must be discussed publicly, so that they can become examples to be followed in the country. A nation can be corruption free only when its states are corruption free; a state can be corruption free only if its districts are corruption free; a district can be corruption free only if its panchayats are corruption free; a panchayat can be corruption free only if the people are corruption free; and people can be corruption free only if they have imbibed these values from their childhood. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

16 " The birth of TERLS, and then VSSC, gave India the capability to design, develop and produce world-class rocket systems. India developed the capability of launching geo-synchronous, sun-synchronous and meteorology spacecraft, communication satellites and remote sensing satellites, thereby providing fast communication, weather forecasting and also locating water resources for the country. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

17 " I shared with the ninety-year-old Subramaniam his vision of a second Green Revolution. He told me about his dream of setting up a national agro foundation that would develop hybrid seeds. His foundation would adopt small and marginal farmers and provide them with laboratory facilities for soil testing and access to information on the weather and markets, so that they could earn more through enhanced yields and better prices for what they produced. He aimed at bringing a million farmers under the scheme. Visionaries don’t age! "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

18 " In Indian institutions, what often hinders growth is the reluctance of those at the top to listen to their juniors and subordinates. There is a belief that all decisions and ideas must come in a top-to-down manner. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

19 " One: Sweat for generations and the hard work of teams. Two: In Wipro we work for the customer’s delight. Three: A bit of luck. The third point will not be of any consequence if the first two aspects are not achieved. "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam

20 " Ignited minds are the most powerful resource on earth, "

― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam , The Righteous Life: The Very Best of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam