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 – Abdul Kalam

Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success

My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias

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?

All birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above Clouds. Problemms are common, but attitude makes the difference – APJ Abdul Kalam

The product being internationally competitive it is able to service a large market with availability in time and state of the art performance at reduced costs per unit