Top 120 Abdul Kalam Quotes (2023 Update)

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

— Abdul Kalam

2. “If you want to shine like the sun, first burn like the sun.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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4. “All birds find shelter during a rain. But eagle avoids rain by flying above the clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference.”

— Abdul Kalam

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5. “Success is when your signature becomes an autograph.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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7. “Confidence and hard work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure. It will make you successful person.”

— Abdul Kalam

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8. “Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.”

— Abdul Kalam

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9. “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.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

11. “Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference.”

— Abdul Kalam

12. “One best book is equal to hundred good friends but one good friend is equal to a library.”

— Abdul Kalam

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13. “It Is very easy to defeat someone, but it is very hard to win someone.”

— Abdul Kalam

14. “Without your involvement you can’t succeed. With your involvement you can’t fail.”

— Abdul Kalam

15. “I’m not a handsome guy, but I can give my hand to someone who needs help. Beauty is in the heart, not in the face.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

18. “Once your mind stretches to a new level it never goes back to its original dimension.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

20. “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.”

— Abdul Kalam

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21. “Difficulties in your life do not come to destroy you, but to help you realise your hidden potential and power, let difficulties know that you too are difficult.”

— Abdul Kalam

22. “You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.”

— Abdul Kalam

23. “What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.”

— Abdul Kalam

24. “Never stop fighting until you arrive at your destined place – that is, the unique you. Have an aim in life, continuously acquire knowledge, work hard, and have perseverance to realise the great life.”

— Abdul Kalam

25. “In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.”

— Abdul Kalam

26. “Dream, Dream Dream Dreams transform into thoughts And thoughts result in action.”

— Abdul Kalam

27. “A Fool can become a Genius when he understands he is a Fool but. A Genius can become a Fool when he understands he is a Genius.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

30. “No matter what is the environment around you, it is always possible to maintain your brand of integrity.”

— Abdul Kalam

31. “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.”

— Abdul Kalam

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32. “If you are born with fame, it is an accident. If you die with fame, it is an achievement.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

35. “Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution.”

— Abdul Kalam

36. “When mother is happy, family is happy. When family is happy, nation is happy.”

— Abdul Kalam

37. “As a young citizen of India, armed with technology and love for my nation, I realize, a small aim is a crime.”

— Abdul Kalam

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38. “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

— Abdul Kalam

39. “Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

41. “Work with integrity and succeed with integrity.”

— Abdul Kalam

42. “No sanction can stand against ignited minds.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

44. “Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.”

— Abdul Kalam

45. “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.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

47. “As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.”

— Abdul Kalam

48. “Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.”

— Abdul Kalam

49. “A teacher should have a creative mind.”

— Abdul Kalam

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50. “Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.”

— Abdul Kalam