Learning How to Fly Quotes

“Coming into contact with a good book and possessing it, is indeed an everlasting enrichment.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“History has proven that those who dare to imagine the impossible are the ones who break all human limitations.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Creative minds have the ability to imagine or invent something new by combining, changing or reapplying existing ideas.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bounds.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“When I reached the age of seventeen, I had one great companion. That companion was nothing but great books. Throughout my life, books enriched me. I would suggest and recommend all of you to read the following books: • Light from Many Lamps by Lillian Eichler • Empires of the Mind by Denis Waitley • Thirukkural by Thiruvalluvar • Everyday Greatness by Steven R. Covey • The Story of My Experiments with Truth by Mahatma Gandhi”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Look at the telephone; it would remind you of a unique scientist, Alexander Graham Bell. He, besides being a great inventor, was also a man of great compassion and service. In fact, much of the research which led to the development of the telephone was directed at finding solutions to the challenges of hearing impaired people and helping them to be able to listen and communicate. Bell’s mother and wife were both hearing impaired and it profoundly changed Bell’s outlook to science. He aimed to make devices which would help the hearing impaired. He started a special school in Boston to teach hearing impaired people in novel ways. It was these lessons which inspired him to work with sound and led to the invention of the telephone. Can you guess the name of the most famous student of Alexander Graham Bell? It was Helen Keller, the great author, activist and poet who was hearing and visually impaired. About her teacher, she once said that Bell dedicated his life to the penetration of that ‘inhuman silence which separates and estranges’.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Righteousness Where there is righteousness in the heart, There is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There is an order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There is peace in the world.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“problem should not be the master. Take charge and become the master of the problem.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“distrust”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Today, the students should make a promise to me. The promise has many parts, and I know you will fulfil them all. 1.​I will have a goal and work hard to achieve that goal. I realize that aiming small is a crime. 2.​I will work with integrity and succeed with integrity. 3.​I will be a good member of my family, a good member of the society, a good member of the nation and a good member of the world. 4.​I will always try to save or better someone’s life, without any discrimination of caste, creed, language, religion or community. 5.​I will always protect and enhance the dignity of every human life without any bias. 6.​I will always remember the importance of time. My motto will be ‘Let not my winged days, be spent in vain’. 7​I will always work for clean planet Earth and clean energy. 8​My national flag flies in my heart and I will bring glory to my nation. (from Address and interaction with the students of Bijnor, 21 July 2015)”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Courage Courage to think differently, Courage to invent, Courage to travel into an unexplored path, Courage to discover the impossible, Courage to combat the problems and succeed, are the unique qualities of the youth. As a youth of my nation, I will work and work with courage to achieve success in all the missions.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Creativity Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Knowledge = Creativity + Righteousness + Courage”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“I Will Fly I am born with wings
So, I am not meant for crawling,
I have wings, I will fly.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“I will fly I am born with potential I am born with goodness and trust I am born with ideas and dreams I am born with greatness I am born with confidence I am born with wings So, I am not meant for crawling, I have wings, I will fly I will fly and fly.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“When you wish upon a star, Makes no difference who you are, Anything your heart desires, Will come to you.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“The important aspect of creativity is seeing the same thing as everybody else, but thinking of something different. Innovation and creativity ultimately results into the culture of excellence.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“I realized that if something important is at stake, the human mind gets ignited and the working capacity gets enhanced manifold.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Where there is righteousness in the heart, There is beauty in the character. When there is beauty in the character, there is harmony in the home. When there is harmony in the home, There is an order in the nation. When there is order in the nation, There is peace in the world.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Knowledge = Creativity + Righteousness + Courage Let’s take each of these parts one by one. Creativity Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, Knowledge makes you great.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“In the world today, we have a problem of distrust and unhappiness that transforms into violence. But in this monastery we believe that when you remove “I” and “me” from the mind, you will eliminate ego; if you get rid of the ego, hatred towards fellow human beings will vanish; if the hatred goes out of the mind, the violence in thinking and action will disappear; if violence in our mind is taken away, peace springs in human minds.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“The problem should not be the master. Take charge and become the master of the problem.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“If I am authorized, I will remove the word impossible.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Leaders must have a vision. • Leaders must have passion to realize the vision. • Leaders must be able to travel into an unexplored path. • Leaders must know how to manage success and failure. • Leaders must have the courage to take decisions. • Leaders should have nobility in management. • Leaders should be transparent in every action. • Leaders must work with integrity and succeed with integrity.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“We need to realize that we are as young as our faith and as old as our doubts. We are also as young as our self-confidence and as old as our fears. We are as young as our hopes and as old as our despairs. We will develop faith, self-confidence and hope.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“You have to say: I will become the captain of the problem, defeat the problem and succeed.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Write your dreams down on a piece of paper. That page may be a very important page in the book of human history.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“Science is driven by compassion and empathy often to alleviate the pains of humanity.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“It is important to remember that science thrives when it converges to solve pressing challenges of the world and this is the 21st century requirement from engineers.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth

“The important aspect of creativity is seeing the same thing as everybody else, but thinking of something different.”
― A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Learning How to Fly: Life Lessons for the Youth