Certainly! Here are 45 inspirational and motivational quotes by Swami Vivekananda:
1. "Arise, awake, and stop not until the goal is achieved."
2. "In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."
3. "You cannot believe in God until you believe in yourself."
4. "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."
5. "Strength is life; weakness is death."
6. "Condemn none: if you can stretch out a helping hand, do so. If you cannot, fold your hands, bless your brothers, and let them go their own way."
7. "The greatest sin is to think that you are weak."
8. "Be a hero. Always say, 'I have no fear.'"
9. "You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul."
10. "In a day, when you don't come across any problems – you can be sure that you are traveling in the wrong path."
11. "The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."
12. "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."
13. "Do not wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none."
14. "You have to be yourself. You can’t teach character, and if a man has it, he doesn’t need to have anything else. If a man lacks it, it doesn’t matter what else he has."
15. "The only true teacher is your soul."
16. "You are the creator of your own destiny."
17. "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."
18. "Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life."
19. "All the negative thoughts and ideas that are in the world have proceeded from this evil spirit of fear."
20. "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."
21. "Purity, patience, and perseverance are the three essentials to success and, above all, love."
22. "Talk to yourself at least once in a day. Otherwise, you may miss a meeting with an excellent person in this world."
23. "To succeed, you must have tremendous perseverance, tremendous will. 'I will drink the ocean,' says the persevering soul; 'at my will, mountains will crumble up.' Have that sort of energy, that sort of will; work hard, and you will reach the goal."
24. "Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need."
25. "The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of you, depend on no one. Only the moment you reject all help are you free."
26. "The fire that warms us can also consume us; it is not the fault of the fire."
27. "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."
28. "Take risks in your life. If you win, you can lead, if you lose, you can guide."
29. "You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your soul."
30. "Let men have light, let them be pure and spiritually strong and educated, then alone will misery cease in the world, not before."
31. "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."
32. "Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is a sin, this is the only sin—to say that you are weak, or others are weak."
33. "If you want to have life, you have to die every moment for it."
34. "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."
35. "We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far."
36. "To be good and to do good—that is the whole of religion."
37. "Do one thing at a time, and while doing it put your whole soul into it to the exclusion of all else."
38. "Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals."
39. "In one word, this ideal is that you are divine."
40. "The greatest religion is to be true to your own nature. Have faith in yourselves."
41. "In a conflict between the heart and the brain, follow your heart."
42. "The will is not free—it is a phenomenon bound by cause and effect—but there is something behind the will which is free."
43. "You are the creator of your own destiny."
44. "We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves."
45. "The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women."
These quotes by Swami Vivekananda emphasize self-belief, perseverance, spirituality, and the power of the human spirit, making them a source of inspiration and motivation for many.
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