Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed. The fight for corruption-free ethical society will have to be fought against this greed and replace it with 'what can I give' spirit. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Fight

Corruption

Greed

Related Quotes:

" For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced. "

" Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion. "

" We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Meet

System

" Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow. "

" Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. "

" I was in high school when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru unfurled India's flag in New Delhi. "

" 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. "

" For 2,500 years, India has never invaded anybody. "

" Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me. "

" India should walk on her own shadow - we must have our own development model. "

" I was a disadvantaged child from a non-educated family, yet I had the advantage of being in the company of great teachers. "

" Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model. "

" When grand plans for scientific and defence technologies are made, do the people in power think about the sacrifices the people in the laboratories and fields have to make? "

" Today, India is a nuclear weapons state. "

" 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. "

" How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them. "

" Almost half of the population of the world lives in rural regions and mostly in a state of poverty. Such inequalities in human development have been one of the primary reasons for unrest and, in some parts of the world, even violence. "

" God is everywhere. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

God

Everywhere

" English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese. "

" Every nation has to follow a certain policy: Commercial, trade, various other types of policies. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Policy

Nation

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

" While children are struggling to be unique, the world around them is trying all means to make them look like everybody else. "

" Nations consist of people. And with their effort, a nation can accomplish all it could ever want. "

" When you look at the light bulb above you, you remember Thomas Alva Edison. When the telephone bell rings, you remember Alexander Graham Bell. Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize. When you see the blue sky, you think of Sir C.V. Raman. "

" One of the more difficult tasks for me as president was to decide on the issue of confirming capital punishment awarded by courts... to my surprise... almost all cases which were pending had a social and economic bias. "

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Surprise

Punishment

" If four things are followed - having a great aim, acquiring knowledge, hard work, and perseverance - then anything can be achieved. "

" What is politics? Political system is equal to development politics plus political politics. "

" Science has revealed that the human body is made up of millions and millions of atoms... For example, I am made up of 5.8x10 27 atoms. "

" Smart habitation is an integrated area of villages and a city working in harmony and where the rural and urban divide has reduced to thin line. "

" The government, whether state or central, is elected. That means we have a responsibility to elect the right kind of leaders. "