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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam Marecar, né le 15 octobre 1931 à Dhanushkodi , et mort le 27 juillet 2015 à Shillong , est un homme d'État indien, le 11e président de l'Inde, du 26 juillet 2002 au 24 juillet 2007.

Bien qu'il soit musulman dans un pays majoritairement hindouiste, il occupe des postes de plus en plus prestigieux dans la recherche scientifique et technique de l'Inde. Il parvient à doter le pays de la bombe atomique en 1998. Pour cette raison, il est surnommé l'« Homme du missile indien » . Il est aussi le scientifique indien le plus honoré.

Au-delà de ses aspects scientifiques et politiques, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam est reconnu comme un sage et un grand humaniste très intéressé par la spiritualité et la philosophie de son pays. Il utilise également beaucoup de poèmes du Tamil Nadu, les kurals, lors de ses discours et a donné ses 10 premiers mois de salaire de président à l'ONG humanitaire indienne créée par Mata Amritanandamayi.

Il a écrit plusieurs ouvrages dont une autobiographie, Les Ailes de feu, dans lesquels il encourage la jeunesse de son pays à faire en sorte que l'Inde devienne une superpuissance à l'horizon 2020. Wikipedia  

✵ 15. octobre 1931 – 27. juillet 2015
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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam: Citations en anglais

“You have to dream before your dreams can come true.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 112.

“I wonder why some people tend to see science as something which takes man away from God. As I look at it, the path of science can always wind through the heart. For me, science has always been the path to spiritual enrichment and self-realisation.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 15.

“It has been my personal experience that the true flavour, the real fun, the continuous excitement of work lie in the process of doing it rather than in having it over and done with.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 135.

“… the best way to win was to not need to win. The best performances are accomplished when you are relaxed and free of doubt.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 31.

“I inherited honesty and self-discipline from my father; from my mother, I inherited faith in goodness and deep kindness as did my three brothers and sisters.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 8.

“I will not be presumptuous enough to say that my life can be a role model for anybody; but some poor child living in an obscure place in an underprivileged social setting may find a little solace in the way my destiny has been shaped. It could perhaps help such children liberate themselves from the bondage of their illusory backwardness and hopelessness.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 167.

“No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

In: Philosophy & Social Action (2003)

“Happiness, satisfaction, and success in life depend on making the right choices, the winning choices. 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.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 106.

“I never used any outside influence to advance my career. All I had was the inner urge to seek more within myself. The key to my motivation has always been to look at how far I had still to go rather than how far I had come.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 140.

“This is my belief: that through difficulties and problems God gives us the opportunity to grow. So when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 140.

“Many, many citizens have also expressed the same wish. It only reflects their love and affection for me and the aspiration of the people. I am really overwhelmed by this support. This being their wish, I respect it. I want to thank them for the trust they have in me.”

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Karthick S (18 June 2012). "Abdul Kalam not to contest presidential poll 2012". The Times of India: Kalam's message to public upon denying to contest Presidential poll 2012.

“We must think and act like a nation of a billion people and not like that of a million people. Dream, dream, dream!”

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Source: Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002), p. 64.

“Are you aware of your inner signals? Do you trust them? Do you have the focus of control over your life in your own hands? Take this from me, the more decisions you can make avoiding external pressures, which will constantly try to manipulate and immobilise you, the better your life will be, the better your society will become. The entire nation will benifit from having strong, inner-directed people as their leaders.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 175.

“To live only for some unknown future is superficial. It is like climbing a mountain to reach the peak without experiencing its sides. The sides of the mountain sustain life, not the peak. This is where things grow, experience gained, and technologies are mastered. The importance of peak lies only in the fact that it defines the sides. So I went on towards the top, but always experiencing the sides. I had a long way to go but I was in no hurry. I went in little steps—just one step after another—but each step towards the top.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 98.

“Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person. And to retain this right, you will have to be willing to take the social or external risks involved in ignoring pressures to do things the way others say they should be done.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 176.

“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.”

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Source: Eternal quest: life & times of Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (2002), p. 1904.

“I am really overwhelmed. Everywhere both in Internet and in other media, I have been asked for a message. I was thinking what message I can give to the people of the country at this juncture.”

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Source: Rediff.com News, June 13, 2002 ([http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/jun/13prez2.htm online): Kalam responding to the announcement of his candidature by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee

“To me, the level of responsibility is measured by one's ability to confront the decision-making process without any delay or distraction.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 96.

“This will be the greatest legacy that we can proudly leave behind for our next generation, let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow.”

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In: Philosophy & Social Action (2003)

“Total commitment is the common denominator among all successful men and women.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 90.

“We will be remembered only if we give to our younger generation a prosperous and safe India, resulting out of economic prosperity coupled with civilizational heritage.”

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India. Parliament. House of the People (2003) Lok Sabha Debates. p. 45.

“I was (and am) a terrible conversationist but consider myself a good communicator.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 76.

“To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal. Individuals like myself are often called 'workaholics'. I question this term because that implies a pathological condition or an illness. If I do what I desire more than anything else in the world and which makes me happy, such work can never be an aberration.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 89.

“I have used the word 'flow' at many places without really elaborating its meaning. What is this flow? And what are these joys? I could call them moments of magic. I see an anology between these moments and the high that you experience when you play badminton or go jogging. Flow is a sensation we experience when we act with total involvement. During flow, action follows action according to an internal logic that seems to need no conscious intervention on the part of the worker. There is no hurry, there are no distracting demands on one's attention. The past and the future disappear. So does the distinction between self and the activity.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 91.

“Climbing to the top demands strength, whether to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 90.

“One of the important functions of prayer, I believe, is to act as a stimulus to creative ideas. Within the mind are all the resources required for successful living. Ideas are present in the consciousness, which when released and given scope to grow and take shape, can lead to successful events. God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps to tap and develop these powers.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 32.

“Thinking should become your capital asset, whatever ups and downs you may come across in your life.”

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Quotations by 60 Greatest Indians, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology http://resourcecentre.daiict.ac.in/eresources/iresources/quotations.html,

“Perhaps the main motive behind my isolation was my desire to escape from the demands of relationships, which I consider very difficult in comparison to making rockets. All I desired was to be true to my way of life, to uphold the science of rocketry in my country and to retire with a clean conscience.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 121.

“A person with belief never grovels before anyone, whining and whimpering that it's all too much, that he lacks support, that he is being treated unfairly. Instead, such a person tackes problems head on and then affirms, 'As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me.”

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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam livre Wings of Fire

Source: Wings of Fire, p. 135 or p. 136 in certain university press editions.

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