Vivekananda quotes for students

Arise, awake, and stop not till the goal is reached.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, Address of Welcome Presented at Calcutta and ReplySee the check

Take up one idea. Make that one idea your life, think of it, dream of it, live on that idea.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 1, Pratyahara and DharanaSee the check

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

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 6, On Raja-yogaSee the check

Learn everything that is good from others, but bring it in, and in your own way absorb it; do not become others.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, The Common Bases of HinduismSee the check

We have indeed many things to learn from others, yea, that man who refuses to learn is already dead.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, The Common Bases of Hinduism

Be strong, my young friends; that is my advice to you.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, Vedanta in its Application to Indian Life

You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of the Gita.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, Vedanta in its Application to Indian Life

You will understand the Gita better with your biceps, your muscles, a little stronger.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, Vedanta in its Application to Indian Life

Dare to be free, dare to go as far as your thought leads, and dare to carry that out in your life.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, The Free SoulSee the check

Strong, vigorous, believing young men, sincere to the backbone, are wanted.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, My Plan of Campaign

Always first learn to be a servant, and then you will be fit to be a master.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, Vedantism

By reading books we become parrots; no one becomes learned by reading books.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 4, The First Steps

Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 4, What We Believe inSee the check

You have to grow from inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 5, Sayings and UtterancesSee the check

If you have assimilated five ideas and made them your life and character, you have more education than any man who has got by heart a whole library

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, The Future of India

The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 1, IntroductorySee the check

Anything that makes you weak physically, intellectually, and spiritually, reject as poison; there is no life in it, it cannot be true.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, My Plan of CampaignSee the check

Have faith in yourselves, and stand up on that faith and be strong; that is what we need.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, The Mission of the Vedanta

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

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, VedantismSee the check

All power is within you; you can do anything and everything.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 3, The Work Before UsSee the check

Never mind failures; they are quite natural, they are the beauty of life, these failures.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 2, God in EverythingSee the check

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care of what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live, they travel far.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 7, Recorded by Miss S. E. Waldo (a Disciple)See the check

Great results are attained only by great patience, great courage, and great attempts.

In his wordsComplete Works, vol 5, Epistles, First Series, XLIII