Dr. Abdul Kalam
Amazing Facts
*Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam was an Indian Tamil politician and aerospace scientist who served as the 11th President of India from 2002 to 2007.
*He is known as the Missile Man of India for his work on the development of ballistic missile and launch vehicle technology.
*He was widely referred to as the "People's President".
*He never owned a television, and was in the habit of rising at 6:30 or 7 a.m and sleeping by 2 a.m.
*One component of Kalam's widespread popularity among diverse groups in India, and an enduring aspect of his legacy, is the syncretism he embodied in appreciating various elements of the many spiritual and cultural traditions of India.
*Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam National Memorial was built in memory of Kalam by the DRDO in Pei Karumbu, in the island town of Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu.
Key Learnings
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.
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.
Thinking should become your capital asset, whatever ups and downs you may come across in your life..
The best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.
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.
"Bread baked without love is a bitter bread that feeds but half a man's hunger"—those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around. If you are a writer who would secretly prefer to be a lawyer or a doctor, your written words will feed but half the hunger of your readers; if you are a teacher who would rather be a businessman, your instructions will meet but half the need for knowledge of your students; if you are a scientist who hates science, your performance will satisfy but half the needs of your mission.
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.
Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.
Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.
Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. There are forces in life working for you and against you. One must distinguish the beneficial forces from the malevolent ones and choose correctly between them.
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.
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.'.
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.
Quotes - Gyan
“One best book is equal to a hundred good friends, but one good friend is equal to a library.”
“You cannot change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.”
“Success is when your signature turns into your autograph.”
“The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation.”
“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”
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