"Developing nations want to become developed nations...." - Quote by A P J Abdul Kalam
Developing nations want to become developed nations.
More by A P J Abdul Kalam
“We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried to enforce our way of life on them.”
“Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.”
“Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why?.”
More on Development
“The means employed by Nature to bring about the development of all the capacities of men is their antagonism in society, so far as this is, in the end, the cause of a lawful order among men.”
“You must either modify your dreams or magnify your skills”
“It's a mistake not to give people a chance to learn to depend on themselves while they are young.”
More on Nations
“Nations do not think, they only feel. They get their feelings at second hand through their temperaments, not their brains. A nation can be brought -- by force of circumstances, not argument -- to reconcile itself to any kind of government or religion that can be devised; in time it will fit itself to the required conditions; later it will prefer them and will fiercely fight for them.”
“From the errors of other nations, let us learn wisdom.”
“England, an old and exhausted island, must one day be contented, like other parents, to be strong only in her children.”