50 Inspiring and Motivational Quotes of Swami Vivekananda

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1. All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes
and cry that it is dark.
2. "Arise, awake, sleep no more; within each of you there is the power to remove all wants and all
miseries. Believe this, and that power will be manifested.
3. Be free; hope for nothing from anyone. I am sure if you look back upon your lives you will find
that you were always vainly trying to get help from others which never came.
4. Be not afraid, for all great power throughout the history of humanity has been with the people.
From out of their ranks have come all the greatest geniuses of the world, and history can only
repeat itself. Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work.
5. Be not in despair; the way is very difficult, like walking on the edge of a razor; yet despair not,
arise, awake, and fine the ideal, the goal.
6. Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you. You will be nearer to Heaven through
football than through the study of the Gita. These are bold words; but I have to say them, for I
love you. I know where the shoe pinches.
7. Calm and silent and steady work, and no newspaper humbug, no name-making, you must
always remember.
8. Come out into the universe of Light. Everything in the universe is yours, stretch out your arms
and embrace it with love. If you every felt you wanted to do that, you have felt God.
9. Cowards only sin, brave men never, no, not even in mind.
10.Do not be afraid of a small beginning. great things come afterwards. Be courageous. Do not try
to lead your brethren, but serve them. The brutal mania for leading has sunk many a great ships
in the waters of life. Take care especially of that, i.e. be unselfish even unto death, and work.
11.Do not figure out big plans at first, but, begin slowly, feel your ground and proceed up and up.
12.Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can. Build your hope on none.
13.Go on bravely. Do not expect success in a day or a year. Always hold on to the highest. Be
steady. Avoid jealousy and selfishness. Be obedient and eternally faithful to the cause of truth,
humanity, and your country, and you will move the world.
14.Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.
15.Hold on to your ideals... .Above all, never attempt to guide or rule others, or, as the Yankees
say, 'boss' others. Be the servant of all.
16.I hate cowardice; I will have nothing to do with cowards or political nonsense. I do not believe
in any politics. God and truth are the only politics in the world, everything else is trash.
17.I want each one of my children to be a hundred times greater than I could ever be. Everyone of
you must be a giant must, that is my word. Obedience, readiness, and love for the cause if
you have these three, nothing can hold you back.
18.If you are really my children, you will fear nothing, stop at nothing. You will be like lions. We
must rouse India and the whole world. No cowardice. I will take no nay. Do you understand?
19.If you can think that infinite power, infinite knowledge and indomitable energy lie within you,
and if you can bring out that power, you also can become like me.
20.Infinite patience, infinite purity, and infinite perseverance are the secret of success in a good
cause.
21.It is our own mental attitude which makes the world what it is for us. Our thought make things
beautiful, our thoughts make things ugly. The whole world is in our own minds. Learn to see
things in the proper light. First, believe in this world, that.
22.Know that every time you feel weak, you not only hurt yourself but also the cause. Infinite faith
and strength are the only conditions of success.
23.Let people say whatever they like, stick to your own convictions, and rest assured, the world
will be at your feet. They say, 'Have faith in this fellow or that fellow', but, I say, 'Have faith in
yourself first'. that's the way.
24.Man is born to conquer nature and not to follow it
25.Man never dies, nor is he ever born; bodies die, but he never dies.
26.Neither numbers nor powers nor wealth nor learning nor eloquence nor anything else will
prevail, but purity, living the life, in one word anubhuti, realization. Let there be a dozen of lion-
souls in each country, lions who have broken their own bonds, who have touched the Infinite,
whose whole soul is gone to Brahman, who care neither for wealth nor power nor fame, and
these will be enough to shake the world.
27.Never mind the struggles, the mistakes. I never heard a cow tell a lie, but it is only a cow
never a man. So never mind these failures, these little backslidings; hold the ideal a thousand
times, and if you fail a thousand times, make the attempt once more.
28.Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If
there is sin, this is the only sin ? to say that you are weak, or others are weak.
29.No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and
tremendous energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.
30.No need for looking behind. FORWARD! We want infinite energy, infinite zeal, infinite
courage, and infinite patience, then only will great things achieved.
31.Oh, if only you knew yourselves! You are souls; you are Gods. If ever I feel like blaspheming, it
is when I call you man.
32.Pay no attention whatsoever to newspaper nonsense or criticism. Be sincere and do your duty.
Everything will come all right. Truth must triumph.
33.Perfect sincerity, holiness, gigantic intellect, and all-conquering will. Let only a handful of men
work with these, and the whole world will be revolutionized.
34.Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
35.Purity, perseverance, and energy these three I want.
36.Purity, patience and perseverance overcome all obstacles. All great things must of necessity be
slow.
37.Say, "I can do everything." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it."
38.Say, "This misery that I am suffering is of my own doing, and that very thing proves that it will
have to be undone by me alone."
39.Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work this is the only way.
40.Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the
brain, muscles, nerves, every part of your body, be full of that idea, and just leave every other
idea alone. This is the way to success, that is way great spiritual giants are produced.
41."The earth is enjoyed by heroes" this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, "I have no
fear".
42.The remedy for weakness is not brooding over weakness, but thinking of strength.
43.This is the great fact: strength is life, weakness is death. Strength is felicity, life eternal,
immortal; weakness is constant strain and misery: weakness is death.
44.To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. 'I will drink the ocean',
says the persevering soul, 'at my will mountains will crumble up.' Have that sort of energy, that
sort of will, work hard, and you will reach the goal.
45.To work with undaunted energy! What fear! Who is powerful enough to thwart you.
46.Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
47.We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power
to make ourselves. If what we are now has been the result of our own past actions, it certainly
follows that whatever we wish to be in future can be produced by our present actions; so we
have to know how to act.
48.We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are
secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
49.We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has
the praise.
50.Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you
think yourselves strong, strong you will be.