17 Swami Vivekananda Quotes on Strength

Swami Vivekananda quotes on strength

14. Strength is Life, Weakness is death

19. The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

41. Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin - to say that you are weak, or others are weak.

53. Anything that brings spiritual, mental, or physical weakness, touch it not with the toes of your feet.

54. Anything that is secret and mysterious in these systems of yoga should be at once rejected. The best guide in life is strength. In religion, as in all other matters, discard everything that weakens you, have nothing to do with it.

84. Freedom can never be reached by the weak. Throw away all weakness. Tell your body that it is strong, tell your mind that it is strong, and have unbounded faith and hope in yourself.

93. However we may receive blows, and however knocked about we may be, the Soul is there and is never injured. We are that Infinite.

104. It is the cheerful mind that is persevering. It is the strong mind that hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

129. Stand as a rock; you are indestructible. You are the Self (atman), the God of the universe.

130. Stand up, be bold, be strong. Take the whole responsibility on your own shoulders, and know that you are the creator of your own destiny. All the strength and succor you want is within yourself. Therefore make your own future.

132. Strength is the sign of vigor, the sign of life, the sign of hope, the sign of health, and the sign of everything that is good. As long as the body lives, there must be strength in the body, strength in the mind, strength in the hand.

143. The mind is but the subtle part of the body. You must retain great strength in your mind and words.

149. The power of purity-it is a definite power.

159. There is only one sin. That is weakness.... The only saint is that soul that never weakens, faces everything, and determines to die game.

166. This life is a hard fact; work your way through it boldly, though it may be adamantine; no matter, the soul is stronger.

193. Work on with the intrepidity of a lion but at the same time with the tenderness of a flower.

201. When I Asked God for Strength He Gave Me Difficult Situations to Face