“For great men, religion is a way of making friends; small people make religion a fighting tool.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“There seems to be an attitude problem, as if we cannot shake ourselves out of a mindset of limited achievement.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“I realized then that if something is at stake, the human mind gets ignited and working capacity gets enhanced manifold.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“there is no greater power in heaven or on earth than the commitment to a dream.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free Where the world has not been broken up into fragments . . . . My Father, let my country awake. —Rabindranath Tagore”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“The greatest danger to our sense of unity and our sense of purpose comes from those ideologists who seek to divide the people.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Wisdom is a weapon to ward off destruction; It is an inner fortress which enemies cannot destroy. —”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“You must build on the resources represented by our young professionals and by our nation’s farmers. Without their involvement we cannot succeed. With their involvement we cannot fail.’ While”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Change is crucial. It brings new thought; new thought leads to innovative actions.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn’t have it in the beginning. —”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“if parents and teachers show the required dedication to shape the lives of the young, India would get a new life.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Ancient India was a knowledge society and a leader in many intellectual pursuits, particularly in the fields of mathematics, medicine and astronomy. A renaissance is imperative for us to once again become a knowledge superpower rather than simply providing cheap labour in areas of high technology. Summary”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Dream, Dream, Dream Dreams transform into thoughts And thoughts result in action. On”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Albert Einstein’s remark that ‘We owe a lot to the Indians who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.’ Then”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Friends, there is one thing I have realized, there is no victory in causing suffering. Triumph is a peaceful kingdom.’ Caliph”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Strength respects strength and not weakness. Strength means military might and economic prosperity.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“Thinking is the capital, Enterprise is the way, Hard Work is the solution. Every”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
“The fact that we advance technologically does not preclude spiritual development. We need to home-grow our own model of development based on our inherent strengths.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, quote from Ignited Minds
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Born place: in Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu, India
Born date October 15, 1931
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“My name is Jimmy,
but my friends just call me
the hideous penguin boy.”
― Tim Burton, quote from The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
“As a military historian Flood knew all too well the pitfalls of taking the easy road in times of crisis, of negotiating for today without an eye to the future.”
― Vince Flynn, quote from Transfer of Power
“In the pale light of the Moon I play the game of you. Whoever I am. Whoever you are. All sense of where I am, of who I am and where I’m going, has been swallowed by the dark. And I walk through the stars and sky... a trinity of dreams beneath the moon.”
― Neil Gaiman, quote from A Game of You
“But I might—” he bit out. “Tell me you’re not a fucking virgin.”
“No, I’m not a fucking virgin. Virgins have yet to fuck, remember?”
― Lora Leigh, quote from Tempting the Beast
“both you and paintings are layered… first, ephemera and notations on the back of the canvas. Labels indicate gallery shows, museum shows, footprints in the snow, so to speak. Then pencil scribbles on the stretcher, usually by the artist, usually a title or date. Next the stretcher itself. Pine or something. Wooden triangles in the corners so the picture can be tapped tighter when the canvas becomes loose. Nails in the wood securing the picture to the stretcher. Next, a canvas: linen, muslin, sometimes a panel; then the gesso - a primary coat, always white. A layer of underpaint, usually a pastel color, then, the miracle, where the secrets are: the paint itself, swished around, roughly, gently, layer on layer, thick or thin, not more than a quarter of an inch ever -- God can happen in that quarter of an inch -- the occasional brush hair left embedded, colors mixed over each other, tones showing through, sometimes the weave of the linen revealing itself. The signature on top of the entire goulash. Then varnish is swabbed over the whole. Finally, the frame, translucent gilt or carved wood. The whole thing is done.”
― Steve Martin, quote from An Object of Beauty
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