Swami Vivekananda Quotes

Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy.

Swami Vivekananda

You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when y

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Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals.

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Never say NO, Never say, I cannot, for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything.

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Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide!

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The brain and muscles must develop simultaneously. Iron nerves with an intelligent brain — and the whole world is at your feet.

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Strength is Life, Weakness is Death. Expansion is Life, Contraction is Death. Love is Life, Hatred is Death.

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Neither seek nor avoid, take what comes.

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Advance like a hero. Do not be thwarted by anything. How many days will this body last, with its happiness and misery? When you have the human body, then rouse the Atman within and say-I have reached the state of fearlessness!and then as long as the body endures, speak unto others this message of fearlessness: Thao art That, Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached

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All power is within you; you can do anything and everything. Believe in that, do not believe that you are weak; do not believe that you are half-crazy lunatics, as most of us do nowadays. You can do any thing and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand up and express the divinity within you.

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He who struggles is better than he who never attempts

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Society does not go down because of the activities of criminals, But because of the inactivities of the good people.

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You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

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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.

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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;, thats the way. Have faith in yourself-all power is in you-be conscious and bring it out. Say, ;I can do everything.;

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We reap what we sow. We are the makers of our own fate. None else has the blame, none has the praise.

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Every idea that strengthens you must be taken up and every thought that weakens you must be rejected.

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All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is therefore the only law of life. He who loves lives, he who is selfish is dying. Therefore love for loves sake, because it is the only law of life, just as you breathe to live.

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When I asked God for strength, He gave me difficult situations to face.

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Be brave! Be strong! Be fearless! Once you have taken up the spiritual life, fight as long as there is any life in you. Even though you know you are going to be killed, fight till you “are killed.” Don’t die of fright. Die fighting. Don’t go down till you are knocked down.

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