A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a good teacher, that will be the biggest honour for me. ”

We must get rid of fossil fuels by developing injection systems for automobiles, which can run on bio-fuel. ”

Real education enhances the dignity of a human being and increases his or her self-respect. If only the real sense of education could be realized by each individual and carried forward in every field of human activity, the world will be so much a better place to live in. ”

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams. ”

We should remember that there are nations which meet more than 30 to 60% of their power requirements through the nuclear power system. ”

India has to be transformed into a developed nation, a prosperous nation and a healthy nation, with a value system. ”

Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported? ”

In India we only read about death, sickness, terrorism, crime. ”

Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model. ”

A teacher should have a creative mind. ”