Quotes from Swami Vivekananda

The man who becomes angry never does a great amount of work, and the man whom nothing can make angry accomplishes so much.

Have fire and spread all over. Work, work. Be the servant while leading, be unselfish, and never listen to one friend in private accusing another. Have infinite patience, and success is yours.

It is only work that is done as freewill offering to humanity and to nature that does not bring with it any binding attachment.

We came to enjoy; we are being enjoyed. We came to rule; we are being ruled. We came to work; we are being worked. All the time, we find that. And this comes into every detail of our life.

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

Work hard, be steady, and have faith in the Lord. Set to work.

Let us work without desire for name or fame or rule over others. Let us be free from the triple bonds of lust, greed of gain, and anger. And this truth is with us!

. . . Wait, my child, wait and work on. Patience, patience. . . . .

Have faith that you are all, my brave lads, born to do great things! Let not the barks of puppies frighten you, no, not even the thunderbolts of heaven, but stand up and work!

A man ought to live in this world like a lotus leaf, which grows in water but is never moistened by water; so a man ought to live in the world - his heart to God and his hands to work.

Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.

The less passion there is, the better we work. The calmer we are the better for us and the more the amount of work we can do.

It is the witness alone that can work without any desire, without any idea of going to heaven, without any idea of blame, without any idea of praise. The witness alone enjoys, and none else.

Women will work out their destinies — much better, too, than men can ever do for them. All the mischief to women has come because men undertook to shape the destiny of women.

My faith is in the younger generation, the modern generation. Out of them will come my workers. They will work out the whole problem like lions

This world is not for cowards. Do not try to fly. Look not for success or failure. Join yourself to the perfectly unselfish will and work on.

To work with undaunted energy! What fear! Who is powerful enough to thwart you.

The Tapas and the other hard Yogas that were practiced in other Yugas do not work now. What is needed in this Yuga is giving, helping others.

We must plunge heart and soul and body into the work. And until we are ready to sacrifice everything else to one Idea and to one alone, we never, never will see the Light.

The real work is in the practice.

In a day when you don't come across any problems, you can be sure that you are travelling on a wrong path.

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.

There is no such thing as "righteous" anger or justifiable killing.

Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after his or her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste.