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Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.

Take courage and work on. Patience and steady work- this is the only way.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Way
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2061, Manonmani Publishers

Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Strength, Strong
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.159, Vivekananda Kendra

Desire, ignorance, and inequality—this is the trinity of bondage.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3821, Manonmani Publishers

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

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Taken, Ideas
Swami Vivekananda (2016). “Jnana Yoga (Part II): The Yoga of Knowledge (Art of Living)”, p.57, editionNEXT.com

No one step back, that is the idea.... Fight it out, whatever comes. Let the stars move from the sphere! Let the whole world stand against us!.... What of it? Thus fight! You gain nothing by becoming cowards.... Taking a step backward, you do not avoid any misfortune.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Stars, Moving
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.419, Manonmani Publishers

Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody. Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear'. Tell this to everybody-'Have no fear'.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Hero, No Fear

Why are people so afraid? The answer is that they have made themselves helpless and dependent on others. We are so lazy, we do not want to do anything ourselves. We want a Personal God, a Savior or a Prophet to do everything for us.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, People, Lazy
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3599, Manonmani Publishers

This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Soul
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Jnana Yoga: The Yoga of Knowledge”, p.82, editionNEXT.com

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.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “Practical Vedanta”, p.49, Advaita Ashrama

Do not say, ‘You are bad’; say only, ‘You are good’, but be better!

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3117, Manonmani Publishers

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: 'Thou art That', 'Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached'

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Art, Hero
Swami Vivekananda (1953). “Complete Works”

Work unto death! I am with you, and when I am gone, my spirit will work with you. This life comes and goes; wealth, fame, enjoyments are only of a few days. It is better, far better to die on the field of duty, preaching the truth, than to die like a worldly worm. Advance!

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Fields, Gone
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2087, Manonmani Publishers

Persevere on, my brave lads, We have only just begun. Never despond! Never say enough!

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Brave
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2092, Manonmani Publishers

. . . 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.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Children
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2013, Manonmani Publishers

Anything that makes weak - physically, intellectually and spiritually, reject it as poison.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Poison, Weak
Swami Vivekananda (1904). “From Colombo to Almora: Being a Record of Swami Vivekananda's Return to India After His Mission to the West. Includes Reports of His Lectures and Replies to Addresses”

Let positive, strong, helpful thoughts enter into your brains from very childhood. Lay yourselves open to these thoughts, and not to weakening and paralysing ones.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Strength, Strong
Swami Vivekananda (1935). “The Complete Works of the Swami Vivekananda, Comprising All His Lectures, Addresses and Discourses Delivered in Europe, America and India: All His Writings in Prose and Poetry, Together with Translations of Those Written in Bengali and Sanskrit; Reports of His Interviews and His Replies to the Various Addresses of Welcome; His Sayings and Epistles,--private and Public--original and Translated; with an Index; Carefully Revised & Edited”

Don't look back—forward, infinite energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience—then alone can great deeds be accomplished.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Energy
Swami Vivekananda, Ann Myren (1993). “Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda”, Shambhala Publications

Bear in mind, my children, that only cowards and those who are weak commit sin and tell lies. The brave are always moral. Try to be moral, try to be brave, try to be sympathising.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Children, Lying
Swami Vivekananda (1964). “Complete Works”

Look upon every man, woman, and everyone as God. You cannot help anyone, you can only serve: serve the children of the Lord, serve the Lord Himself, if you have the privilege.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring
Swami Vivekananda, Ann Myren (1993). “Living at the Source: Yoga Teachings of Vivekananda”, Shambhala Publications

For a warrior, nothing is higher than a war against evil. The warrior confronted with such a war should be pleased, Arjuna, for it comes as an open gate to heaven. But if you do not participate in this battle against evil, you will incur sin, violating your dharma and your honor.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, War, Evil

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.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Football
Swami Vivekananda, Vivekananda Kendra (2009). “Swami Vivekananda's Rousing Call to Hindu Nation”, p.79, Vivekananda Kendra

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.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Beautiful
Swami Vivekananda (1997). “Prabuddha Bharata: Or Awakened India”

If the mind is intensely eager, everything can be accomplished—mountains can be crumbled into atoms.

Swami Vivekananda
Motivational, Mind, Mountain

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, Truth
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2375, Manonmani Publishers

You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself.

Swami Vivekananda
Inspirational, Motivational, God
Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2374, Manonmani Publishers

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