Frases de Abdul Kalam (43 citas)

Karthick S (18 June 2012). "Abdul Kalam not to contest presidential poll 2012". The Times of India: Kalam's message to public upon denying to contest Presidential poll 2012.

“We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Fuente: Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002), p. 64.

“Are you aware of your inner signals? Do you trust them? Do you have the focus of control over your life in your own hands? Take this from me, the more decisions you can make avoiding external pressures, which will constantly try to manipulate and immobilise you, the better your life will be, the better your society will become. The entire nation will benifit from having strong, inner-directed people as their leaders.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 175.

“To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience gained, and technologies are mastered. The importance of peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides. So I went on towards the top, but always experiencing the sides. I had a long way to go but I was in no hurry. I went in little steps—just one step after another—but each step towards the top.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 98.

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 176.

“We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Fuente: Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002), p. 1904.

“I am really overwhelmed. Everywhere both in Internet and in other media, I have been asked for a message. I was thinking what message I can give to the people of the country at this juncture.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Fuente: Rediff.com News, June 13, 2002 ([http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jun/13prez2.htm online): Kalam responding to the announcement of his candidature by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

“To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 96.

“This will be the greatest legacy that we can proudly leave behind for our next generation, let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

In: Philosophy & Social Action (2003)

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

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 90.

“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.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

India. Parliament. House of the People (2003) Lok Sabha Debates. p. 45.

“I was (and am) a terrible conversationist but consider myself a good communicator.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 76.

“To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Individuals like myself are often called 'workaholics'. I question this term because that implies a pathological condition or an illness. If I do what I desire more than anything else in the world and which makes me happy, such work can never be an aberration.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 89.

“I have used the word 'flow' at many places without really elaborating its meaning. What is this flow? And what are these joys? I could call them moments of magic. I see an anology between these moments and the high that you experience when you play badminton or go jogging. Flow is a sensation we experience when we act with total involvement. During flow, action follows action according to an internal logic that seems to need no conscious intervention on the part of the worker. There is no hurry, there are no distracting demands on one's attention. The past and the future disappear. So does the distinction between self and the activity.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 91.

“Climbing to the top demands strength, whether to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 90.

“If we are not free, no one will respect us.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Fuente: APJ Abdul Kalam (2002), p. 39.

“One of the important functions of prayer, I believe, is to act as a stimulus to creative ideas. Within the mind are all the resources required for successful living. Ideas are present in the consciousness, which when released and given scope to grow and take shape, can lead to successful events. God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps to tap and develop these powers.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 32.

“Thinking should become your capital asset, whatever ups and downs you may come across in your life.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html,

“Perhaps the main motive behind my isolation was my desire to escape from the demands of relationships, which I consider very difficult in comparison to making rockets. All I desired was to be true to my way of life, to uphold the science of rocketry in my country and to retire with a clean conscience.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 121.

“A person with belief never grovels before anyone, whining and whimpering that it's all too much, that he lacks support, that he is being treated unfairly. Instead, such a person tackes problems head on and then affirms, 'As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam libro Wings of Fire

Fuente: Wings of Fire, p. 135 or p. 136 in certain university press editions.