"The best brains of the nation may..." - Quote by A P J Abdul Kalam
The best brains of the nation may be found on the last benches of the classroom.
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“Economy forced me to become a vegetarian, but I finally starting liking it.”
“We need to create brand institutions. In the fortune 500 companies, 5 Indian companies are named while 15 are from China though we have similar kind of populations.”
“When a nation is surrounded by weaponized nations, she has to equip herself.”
More on Education
“Let us assume that entertainment is the sole end of reading; even so I think you would hold that no mental employment is so broadening to the sympathies or so enlightening to the understanding. Other pursuits belong not to all times, all ages, all conditions; but this gives stimulus to our youth and diversion to our old age; this adds a charm to success, and offers a haven of consolation to failure. Through the night-watches, on all our journeyings, and in our hours of ease, it is our unfailing companion.”
“One of the great needs of Negro children is to have books about themselves and their lives that can help them be proud.”
“School teachers, taking them by and large, are probably the most ignorant and stupid class of men in the whole group of mental workers.”
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“Every private in the French army carries a Field Marshall wand in his knapsack.”
“The realization of the self is only possible if one is productive, if one can give birth to one's own potentialities.”
“To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.”