Top 120 Abdul Kalam Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “A dream is not what you see while sleeping; it is something that does not let you sleep.”

— Abdul Kalam

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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 rain. But the eagle avoids the 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

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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 are the best medicines to kill the disease called failure. They will make you a 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

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— 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 that come to us while we are sleeping, but dreams are those that you don’t sleep before fulfilling them.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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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

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

— Abdul Kalam

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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. “Dream, dream, dream. Dreams transform into thoughts and thoughts result in action.”

— Abdul Kalam

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25. “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

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

— Abdul Kalam

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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

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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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

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

— Abdul Kalam

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40. “Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.”

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

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

— Abdul Kalam

44. “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

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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

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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

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49. “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

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

— Abdul Kalam

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