I knew I was putting you under immense pressure when I reje… - A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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I knew I was putting you under immense pressure when I rejected your work the other day. I set an impossible deadline - yet you have met it with work that I can only call outstanding. As your teacher, I had to push you to your limits so that you could recognize your own true potential.

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

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Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam (15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist who served as the 11th president of India from 2002 to 2007. He was born and raised in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu and studied physics and aerospace engineering.

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Native Name: Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam • डॉक्टर अवुल पकिर जैनुलाब्दीन अब्दुल कलाम • அவுல் பகிர் ஜைனுலாப்தீன் அப்துல் கலாம்

Alternative Names: Abdul Kalam • Kalam • A.P.J Abdul Kalam • A P J Abdul Kalam • Abul Pakiz Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam • APJ Abdul Kalam • Dr APJ Abdul Kalam • APJ

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To succeed in life and achieve results, you must understand and master three mighty forces — desire, belief, and expectation.

when your hopes and dreams and goals are dashed, search among the wreckage, you may find a golden opportunity hidden in the ruins.

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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