"My view is that at a younger age your optimism is more and you have more imagination etc. You have less bias."

"Let us sacrifice our today so that our children can have a better tomorrow."

"It means, people who are in high and responsible positions, if they go against righteousness, righteousness itself will get transformed into a destroyer."

"Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career."

"If we are not free, no one will respect us."

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

"We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us."

"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."

"God, our Creator, has stored within our minds and personalities, great potential strength and ability. Prayer helps us tap and develop these powers."

"Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success."

"As a child of God, I am greater than anything that can happen to me."

"Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?"

"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?"

"English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese."

"Life is a difficult game. You can win it only by retaining your birthright to be a person."

"I was willing to accept what I couldn't change."

"Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness."

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

"Unless India stands up to the world, no one will respect us. In this world, fear has no place. Only strength respects strength."

"You have to dream before your dreams can come true."

"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."

"Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended."

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

"Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around."

"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?"

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

"Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work."

"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."