"The President's post should not be politicised...." - Quote by A P J Abdul Kalam

“Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.”

“All Birds find shelter during a rain. But Eagle avoids rain by flying above the Clouds. Problems are common, but attitude makes the difference!!!”

“To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.”

“Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The fact of the matter is that most of the problems that we now face are technical problems, are administrative problems. They are very sophisticated judgments, which do not lend themselves to the great sort of passionate movements which have stirred this country so often in the past. - They deal with questions which are now beyond the comprehension of most men.”

“Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn't know where he was going, he didn?t know where he was? and he did it all at taxpayers expense.”

“It is basically a strategy to destroy the essence of democracy, which is the competitiveness and choices of candidates on the ballot.”

“Just as Lincoln got contradictory advice from the extremists of both sides . . . so now I have to guard myself against the extremists of both sides.”

“Never ever waver. Be on record. Don't be on the wrong side of history.”

“In a narrow sphere great men are blunderers.”