A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Quotes

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

Being a successful person is not necessarily defined by what you have achieved, but by what you have overcome.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.

Someone said adversity builds character, but someone else said adversity reveals character. I'm pleasantly surprised with my resilience. I persevere, and not just blindly. I take the best, get rid of the rest, and move on, realizing that you can make a choice to take the good.

I overcame a lot of obstacles in my life and in my childhood.

The struggles don't define you. It's how you handle them that determines who you are.

Adversity builds character and character takes you places money can't.

The true hero is flawed. The true test of a champion is not whether he can triumph, but whether he can overcome obstacles - preferably of his own making - in order to triumph.

It is clear that we must trust what is difficult; everything alive trusts in it, everything in Nature grows and defends itself any way it can and is spontaneously itself, tries to be itself at all costs and against all opposition. We know little, but that we must trust in what is difficult is a certainty that will never abandon us; it is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be one more reason for us to do it.

Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless.

Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

I've learned at the book signings that everyone has obstacles.

I won't back down. I get a satisfaction from being tested and defeating the test.

Sound character provides the power with which a person may ride the emergencies of life instead of being overwhelmed by them. Failure is... the highway to success.

Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.

It is inevitable that some defeat will enter even the most victorious life. The human spirit is never finished when it is defeated... it is finished when it surrenders.

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

You don't run from the bad things in life; learn from them, because your worst is what will lead you to your best.

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.

Revelations come when you're in the thick of it, pitting yourself up against something larger than yourself.

I really believe in the old expression that what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. It's through adversity that you find the strength you never knew you had.

My life is a beautiful struggle.

You take yourself to a place where you've got absolutely nothing left and then you find out you have to push yourself one more step. That's a tough place to be in.