Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam is known as Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.  He was an aerospace scientists and the former 11th President of India.

I read uplifting quotes whenever I feel down because they cheers me up. 

The following are the collection of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam’s best and inspirational quotes:

• “Books are my favorite friends and I consider my home library, with many thousand books, to be my greatest wealth.  Every new book, based on some new idea inspires me and gives me a new thought to ponder.”

• “Learning gives creativity.  Creativity leads to thinking.  Thinking provides knowledge.  Knowledge makes you great.”

• “You have to dream before the dream comes true.”

• “One best book is equal to a hundred good friends, but one good friend is equal to a library.”

• “We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”

• “All of us do not have equal talent.  But, all of us have an equal opportunity to develop our talents.” 

• “Dream, dream, dream.  Dream transforms into thoughts and thoughts results in actions.”

• “Confidence and hard-work is the best medicine to kill the disease called failure.  It will make you a successful person.”

• “You can not change your future, but you can change your habits, and surely your habits will change your future.”

• “Life and Time are the world’s best teachers.  Life teaches us to make good use of time and time teaches us the value of life.”

• “It is easy to defeat someone, but its hard to win someone.”

• “Your best teacher is your last mistake.”

• “Every pain gives a lesson and every lesson changes a person.”

• “Thinking should become your capital asset, no matter whatever ups and downs you come across in your life.”

• “Without your involvement you can’t succeed.  With your involvement you can’t fail.”

• “My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed. These are great qualities that they must work towards.  This is my message to young people.”

• “If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three societal members who can make a difference.  They are the father, the mother and the teacher.”

• “Don’t read success stories, you will only get message.  Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.”

• “Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”