Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Inspirational
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Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!
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We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. The wind is blowing; those vessels whose sails are unfurled catch it, and go forward on their way, but those which have their sails furled do not catch the wind. Is that the fault of the wind?....... We make our own destiny.
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Arise! Awake! and stop not until the goal is reached.
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Say, "I can do everything ." "Even if poison of a snake is powerless if you can firmly deny it."
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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.
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Get up, and set your shoulder to the wheel - How long is this life for? As you have come into this world, leave some mark behind. Otherwise, where is the difference between you and the trees and stones? They too come into existence, decay and die.
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Tell the truth boldly, whether it hurts or not. Never pander to weakness. If truth is too much for intelligent people and sweeps them away, let them go; the sooner the better.
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All truth is eternal. Truth is nobody’s property; no race, no individual can lay any exclusive claim to it. Truth is the nature of all souls.
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The earth is enjoyed by heroes”—this is the unfailing truth. Be a hero. Always say, “I have no fear.
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No great work can be achieved by humbug. It is through love, a passion for truth, and tremendous energy, that all undertakings are accomplished.
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Life is short, and therefore, one thing being certain, death, let us take up a great ideal, and give up the whole life to it. For what is the value of life, this vegetating little low life of man? Subordinating it to one high ideal is the only value that life has.
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...never try to follow another's path for that is his way, not yours. When that path is found, you have nothing to do but fold your arms and the tide will carry you to freedom.
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The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.
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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.
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Fill the brain with high thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work.
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To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.
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A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.
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Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.
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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.
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Superstition is great enemy of man but bigotry is worse.
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Not believing in the glory of our own soul is what the Vedanta calls atheism.
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Man never dies, nor is he ever born; bodies die, but he never dies.
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The varieties of religious belief are an advantage, since all faiths are good, so far as they encourage us to lead a religious life. The more sects there are, the more opportunities there are for making a successful appeal to the divine instinct in all of us.
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Who makes us ignorant? We ourselves. We put our hands over our eyes and weep that it is dark.
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Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.
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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.
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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.
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That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.
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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.
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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.
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