Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the will (lack of perseverance), and destruction of everything. (Narada Bhakti Sutra) Swami Vivekananda More Quotes by Swami Vivekananda More Quotes From Swami Vivekananda Everything is easy when you are busy. But nothing is easy when you are lazy. Swami Vivekananda lazybusyeasy You are incarnations of God, all of you. You are incarnations of the Almighty, Omnipresent, Divine Principle. You may laugh at me now, but the time will come when you will understand. You must. Nobody will be left behind. Swami Vivekananda principlesmaylaughing Never say NO, Never say, 'I cannot', for you are INFINITE. All the power is WITHIN you. You can do anything. Swami Vivekananda within-youinfinitecan-do Do not lower your goals to the level of your abilities. Instead, raise your abilities to the height of your goals. Swami Vivekananda levelsgoalmotivational When I Asked God for Strength He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face When I Asked God for Brain & Brawn He Gave Me Puzzles in Life to Solve When I Asked God for Happiness He Showed Me Some Unhappy People When I Asked God for Wealth He Showed Me How to Work Hard When I Asked God for Favors He Showed Me Opportunities to Work Hard When I Asked God for Peace He Showed Me How to Help Others God Gave Me Nothing I Wanted He Gave Me Everything I Needed. Swami Vivekananda hard-workhelping-othersopportunity Take Risks in Your Life If you Win, U Can Lead! If You Lose, You can Guide! Swami Vivekananda riskwinninginspirational Talk to yourself atleast once in a Day.. Otherwise you may miss a meeting with an EXCELLENT person in this World. Swami Vivekananda excellencemissingmotivational Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life - think of it, dream of it, live on that idea. Let the brain, 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. Swami Vivekananda motivationalinspirationallife The best thermometer to the progress of a nation is its treatment of its women. Swami Vivekananda thermometerstreatmentprogress When a man is perfect, he sees perfection in others. When he sees imperfection, it is his own mind projecting itself. Swami Vivekananda perfectmindmen Expansion is life, contraction is death. Love is life, hatred is death. Swami Vivekananda weaknesshatredlove-is The greatest sin is to think yourself weak Swami Vivekananda sinweakthinking 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. You can do any thing and everything, without even the guidance of any one. Stand up and express the divinity within you. Swami Vivekananda crazyhalfbelieve Blame neither man, nor God, nor anyone in the world. When you find yourselves suffering, blame yourselves, and try to do better. Swami Vivekananda sufferingtryingmen I am teaching you now about it, but how many of you will practice it? Swami Vivekananda teachingpractice Stand up, be bold, be strong. Swami Vivekananda strengthstrongmotivational As long as we require someone else to make us happy, we are slaves. Swami Vivekananda independenceacceptancelong Never are we nearer the Light than when the darkness is deepest. Swami Vivekananda lightdarkness Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success and above all love. Swami Vivekananda perseveranceessentialspatience Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet. Swami Vivekananda feetworld
