“Development must be such that it positively transforms the lives of the common people.”

Don’t dream to be something but rather dream to do something great.

Good governance depends on ability to take responsibility by both administration as well as people.

The world used to think we are a land of snake charmers and black magic. But our youth has surprised the world with its IT [information technology] skills. I dream of a digital India.

It is important how we view the youth of our nation. To simply consider them as new age voters will be a big mistake. They are the new age power.

As students I am sure you have several dreams. If you are determined to move ahead nothing can stop you. Our youth are talented.

A youthful nation like ours must leave an impact in the entire world.

If our country has to reach its economic goals, it cannot happen with half its population shut behind doors.

We should not look at terrorism from the nameplates – ­which group they belong to, what is their geographical location, who are the victims. These individual groups or names will keep changing.

Dignity of labour has to be our national duty; it has to be a part of our nature.

Our ancestors used to play with snakes, we play with mouse.

There can be no better place than India to manufacture, expand, and grow.

Cleaning up the country cannot be the sole responsibility of sweepers. Do citizens have no role in this? We have to change this mindset.

It is India’s responsibility to display its strength to the World through knowledge and innovations.

I am proud to be from an ideology. Our ideology is that the Nation is bigger than party. We will live and die for the nation. Our ideology is not about aspiring for posts, it’s based of sacrifice.

Secularism is not only in our constitution but also in our veins. We worship Mother Nature too. We believe that the world is our family.

The importance of a journey is not measured by the distance covered, but by the destination reached.

There is no defense or security for any of us except in the highest intelligence and development of all.

The grandest of all laws is the law of progressive development. Under it, in the wide sweep of things, men grow wiser as they grow older, and societies better.

A neighborhood friend showed me how it was possible to go to a camera shop and pick up chemicals for pennies literally and develop your own film and make prints.

Mathematics, in the development of its ideas, has only to take account of the immanent reality of its concepts and has absolutely no obligation to examine their transient reality.

The sun shines equally on diamond and charcoal, but the former has developed qualities that enable it to reflect the sunlight brilliantly, while the latter is unable to reflect the sunlight. Emulate the diamond in your dealings with people. Brightly reflect the light of God’s love.

We live in a world where knowledge is developing at an ever-accelerating rate. Drink deeply from this ever-springing well of wisdom and human experience.

Developing personal power includes learning not to negotiate your self-worth for the sake of someone else or sell yourself short for a job.

Have you ever played a video game that didn’t have escalating levels of difficulty? Well, life can feel like play, too, when we purposefully engage in activities that demand we test and develop our skills.