"My 2020 Vision for India is to..." - Quote by A P J Abdul Kalam

“One lesson that every nation can learn from China is to focus more on creating village-level enterprises, quality health services and educational facilities.”

“Adversity always presents opportunities for introspection.”

“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.”

“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”

“I see black light (his last words)”

“The true poet is all the time a visionary and whether with friends or not, as much alone as a man on his death bed.”

“Liberty is the breath of life to nations.”

“Now is the time...for this nation to take a clearly leading role in space achievement, which in many ways may hold the key to our future on Earth.”

“A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.”