Swami Vivekananda Quotes in English

Swami Vivekananda was born on 12 January 1863 in Calcutta. Since childhood, he was a thinker, very generous, sympathetic to the poor, practical and creative approach in religious and social matters. His guru’s name was Ramakrishna Paramhansa, he was one of the main disciples of his guru. Calling himself a servant of the poor, Vivekananda is known as a patriotic saint in India. And his birthday is celebrated as National Youth Day.

3 Golden rules!! Who is helping you, don’t forget them. Who is loving you, don’t hate them. Who is trusting you, don’t cheat them.

All differences in this world are of degree, and not of kind, because oneness is the secret of everything.

Always try to represent yourself as happy. Initially, it becomes your look, gradually it becomes your habit and finally it becomes your personality.

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

Bless people when they revile you. Think how much good they are doing by helping to stamp out the false ego.

Comfort is no test of truth. Truth is often far from being comfortable.

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

Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you, if you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.

I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world tolerance & universal acceptance. we believe not only in universal toleration but we accept all religions as true.

The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire.

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

When you are doing any work.. do it as worship, as the highest worship, and devote your whole life to it for the time being.

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

Be the servant while leading. Be unselfish. Have infinite patience, and success is yours.

We are what our thoughts have made us. So take care about what you think. Words are secondary, thoughts live and travel far.

Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet.

Do one thing at a Time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else.

If I love myself despite my infinite faults, how can I hate anyone at the glimpse of a few faults?

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

Each work has to pass through these stages – ridicule, opposition, and then acceptance. Those who think ahead of their time are sure to be misunderstood.

Have faith in yourself – all power is in you. Even the poison of a snake is powerless, if you can firmly deny it.

Have faith in yourselves, great convictions are the mothers of great deeds.

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life; dream of it; think of it; live on that idea. Let the brain, the body, 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, and this is the way great spiritual giants are produced.

Talk to yourself at least once in a day otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world.

The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

The great secret of true success, of true happiness, is this: the man or woman who asks for no return, the perfectly unselfish person, is the most successful.

Swami Vivekananda Motivational Quotes

Arise! Awake! Stop not until the goal is reached.

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. Stand up and express the divinity within you.

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.

Ask nothing; want nothing in return. Give what you have to give; it will come back to you, but do not think of that now.

Feel nothing, know nothing, do nothing, have nothing, give up all to God, and say utterly, ‘Thy will be done.’ We only dream of this bondage. Wake up and let it go.

If superstitions enter, the brain is gone.

That man has reached immortality who is disturbed by nothing material.

Whatever you believe, that you will be, If you believe yourselves to be ages, ages you will be tomorrow. There is nothing to obstruct you.

In a day, when you don’t come across any problems – you can be sure that you are travelling in the wrong path.