Quotes

1. "The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves!"
2. "The mind is everything. What you think, you become."
3. "All power is within you; you can do anything and everything."
4. "Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause."
5. "In a day, when you do not come across any problems, you can be sure that you are on the wrong path."
6. "The greatest sin is to think yourself weak."
7. "Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead. If you lose, you can guide."
8. "We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
9. "Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.'"
10. "If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished."
11. "Never say 'no', never say 'I cannot', for you are infinite. Even time and space are nothing compared to your nature."
12. "The more we come out and do good to others, the more our hearts will be purified, and God will be in them."
13. "The only way to get rid of the misery is to know who you are."
14. "The greatest strength is in gentleness."
15. "We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves."
16. "It is not the amount of knowledge that makes a man wise, but it is the manner in which he uses what he knows."
17. "The greatest sin is to think that you are weak."
18. "The moment I have realized God sitting in the temple of every human body, the moment I stand in reverence before every human being and see God in him - that moment I am free from bondage, everything that binds vanishes, and I am free."
19. "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
20. "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."
21. "The first sign of your becoming religious is that you are becoming cheerful."
22. "This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger."
23. "If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it."
24. "Be not afraid of anything. You will do marvelous work. The moment you fear, you are nobody."
25. "If you think yourselves strong, strong you will be."
26. "Whatever you think, that you will be. If you think yourselves weak, weak you will be; if you think yourselves strong, strong you will be."
27. "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."

By Swami Vivekananda