For me, there is no such thing as a negative experience.

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

The youth need to be enabled to become job generators from job seekers.

Ultimately, education in its real sense is the pursuit of truth. It is an endless journey through knowledge and enlightenment.

When we tackle obstacles, we find hidden reserves of courage and resilience we did not know we had. And it is only when we are faced with failure do we realise that these resources were always there within us. We only need to find them and move on with our lives.

Where there is righteousness in the heart, there is harmony in the house; when there is harmony in the house, there is order in the nation; when there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.

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

Poetry comes from the highest happiness or the deepest sorrow.

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

No sanction can stand against ignited minds.

My 2020 Vision for India is to transform it into a developed nation. That cannot be abstract; it is a lifeline.

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

One of the very important characteristics of a student is to question. Let the students ask questions.

You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.

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

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

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?

War is never a lasting solution for any problem.

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

Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.

Great dreams of great dreamers are always transcended.

Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.

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

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

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. These are great qualities that they must work towards. This is my message to the young people.

Let me define a leader. He must have vision and passion and not be afraid of any problem. Instead, he should know how to defeat it. Most importantly, he must work with integrity.

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

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

Excellence is a continuous process and not an accident.

The purpose of education is to make good human beings with skill and expertise... Enlightened human beings can be created by teachers.