DR ABDUL KALAM’S SAYING

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

>Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.

>Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.

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

>Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life."

"Thinking is progress. Non-thinking is stagnation of the individual, organisation and the country. Thinking leads to action. Knowledge without action is useless and irrelevant. Knowledge with action, converts adversity into prosperity."

"When you speak, speak the truth; perform when you promise; discharge your trust... Withhold your hands from striking, and from taking that which is unlawful and bad..."

"What actions are most excellent? To gladden the heart of a human being, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful and to remove the wrongs of injured..."

>"Health can be maintained and disease can be prevented. Though technology is advancing, people are still falling sick. Health care costs keep on increasing, and there is no way to reduce that unless you introduce prevention. The best prevention is through Ayurveda, because it is a very comprehensive system, since it is based on natural medicine, which is devoid of toxicity."

SOME Q/A with ABDUL SIR

Q. Who is the person who influenced you the most?A. Teacher Iyer of Standard V. Vikram Sarabhai.

Q. What is your greatest lifetime achievement?A. To take India to the peak of development by 2020.

Q. What are the qualities needed to become successful?A. Hard work and knowledge.

Q. What do you like to do in your free time?A. Writing books and poems.

Q. What is your message to young people?A. Concentrate and excel in what you do.

Q. What is your favourite sport?A. Cricket.

Life becomes more pleasurable and less tense when we stay calm. We achieve better results, focus better with a calmer mindset and have a more relaxed perspective and sense of humor.

"THE DREAM IS NOT WHAT YOU SEE IN SLEEP. DREAM IS WHICH DOES NOT LET YOU SLEEP"

Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow. Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength.

We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?