Quotes from Swami Vivekananda

To the Indian mind there is nothing higher than religious ideals, that this is the keynote of Indian life.

May He who is the Brahman of the Hindus, the Ahura-Mazda of the Zoroastrians, the Buddha of the Buddhists, the Jehovah of the Jews, the Father in Heaven of the Christians give strength to you to carry out your noble idea.

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

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.

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.

Even the least work done for others awakens the power within; even thinking the least good of others gradually instills into the heart the strength of a lion.

Strength and manliness are virtue; weakness and cowardice are sin.

Never say, 'No', never say, 'I cannot', for you are infinite. Even time and space are as nothing compared with your nature. You can do anything and everything, you are almighty

You may meditate on whatever you like, but I shall meditate on the heart of a lion. That gives strength

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.

The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.

Strength is life, Weakness is death.

You are the creator of your own destiny

The best guide in life is strength.

We are for ever trying to make our weakness look like strength, our sentiment like love, our cowardice like courage, and so on.

Men are taught from childhood that they are weak and sinners. Teach them that they are all glorious children of immortality, even those who are the weakest in manifestation.

I am responsible for my fate, I am the bringer of good unto myself, I am the bringer of evil. I am the Pure and Blessed One. We must reject all thoughts that assert to the contrary.

We want the education by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, the intellect is expanded, and by which one can stand on one's own feet.

If there is no strength in body and mind, the Atman cannot be realized. First you have to build the body by good nutritious food-then only will the mind be strong.

The sign of life is strength and growth.

And what causes fear? Ignorance of our own nature.

Take off the veil of hypnotism which you have cast upon the world, send not out thoughts and words of weakness unto humanity.

We have seen that our vigour, our strength, nay, our national life is in our religion.

God is not to be reached by the weak. Never be weak. You have infinite strength within you. How else will you conquer anything? How else will you come to God?