THRILLING
IDEAS OF DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM
Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was born in
Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) on 15th October 1931. He passed away on 27th July 2015
as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
Dr. Abdul Kalam was the third President to have been honoured
with India’s highest civilian award
Bharat Ratna in 1997 for his contribution to the scientific research and
modernisation of defence technology.
He is popularly known as the Missile Man of India for his
contribution to the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle
technology.
He also played a pivotal role in organising India’s
Pokhran-II nuclear tests in 1998.
Gifted with a multi-faceted personality, Dr. Kalam was widely
popular with all sorts of people, especially children and the youth.
He was a poet, loved music and delivered vigorously
stimulating speeches unlike any other scientist of his time. .
His commitment to professional excellence and simplicity of
lifestyle won him the hearts of millions
of people not only in India but also in
other parts of the world.
It is almost impossible to imagine that he will ever be
forgotten by the scientific or political
fraternity of India.
What follows is a small specimen of his
thrilling ideas.
1.Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the
top of Mount Everest or to the top of one’s career. 2. Success in any mission requires
single-minded devotion. 3. If you fail, never give up because FAIL means first
attempt in learning. 4.All of us do not have equal talent but we do have an equal opportunity to
develop our talents. 5.Be active, take
on responsibility, work for the things you believe in. 6. We cannot change our
future , but we can change our habits which will surely change our future. 7.
It is easy to defeat someone, but very hard to win someone. 8. If you want to
shine like a sun, first burn like a sun. 9. A person’s best teacher is his last mistake. 10. Learn
to distinguish between beneficial and malevolent forces and choose correctly between them. 11. Self-respect comes with self-reliance.
12. Become one with yourself and surrender yourself to the wish of God. 12. We
have to dream before our dreams come true. 13. Be willing to accept what you
cannot change. 14. Success demands single-minded devotion to one’s goal. 15.
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended. 16. We need a spirit of
victory, a spirit that will carry us to our rightful place under the sun, a
spirit, which will recognise that we, as inheritors of a proud civilisation,
are entitled to a rightful place on this planet. 17. Science seeks truth
by reasoning; in one way science and
spiritualism seek the same divine blessings for doing good for the people. 18.
I have to be more than what I am today.
19. One should be ever eager to learn. 20. Belief in divinity and destiny is
not superstition. Superstition is dogma and ritual. I am divine in the sense
that there is divinity in everybody.
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24th May 2021 G.
R. Kanwal
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