A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Quotes

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.

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

Most of the time, communication gets confused with conversation. In fact, the two are distinctly different.

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.

I knew I was putting you under immense pressure when I rejected your work the other day. I set an impossible deadline - yet you have met it with work that I can only call outstanding. As your teacher, I had to push you to your limits so that you could recognize your own true potential.

A dream is not what you see when you sleep. It is what keeps you from falling asleep.

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.

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