If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.

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

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Awareness

"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?"

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Awareness

"Tell me, why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognise 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?"

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Awareness

"My message, especially to young people is to have courage to think differently, courage to invent, to travel the unexplored path, courage to discover the impossible and to conquer the problems and succeed."

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Courage

"The bird is powered by its own life and by its motivation."

- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Motivation

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