Swami Vivekananda Quotes About Difficulty

• The cheerful mind perseveres and the strong mind hews its way through a thousand difficulties.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Strong, Mind, Cheerful

• [Perfection] is only possible if the mind of man is changed, if he, of his own sweet will, changes his mind; and the great difficulty is, neither can he force his own mind.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Sweet, Men, Perfection

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.462, Manonmani Publishers

• Every work has got to pass through hundreds of difficulties before succeeding. Those that persevere will see the light, sooner or later.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Patience, Perseverance, Light

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.2072, Manonmani Publishers

• We never want Him. We say, "Lord, give me a fine house." We want the house, not Him. "Give me health! Save me from this difficulty!" When a man wants nothing but Him, [he gets Him].

  Swami Vivekananda

  Health, Men, Giving

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.451, Manonmani Publishers

• Even if our every attempt is a failure, and we bleed and are torn asunder, yet, through all this, we have to preserve our heart - we must assert our Godhead in the midst of all these difficulties.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Heart, Midst, Torn

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.478, Manonmani Publishers

• I am persuaded that a leader is not made in one life. He has to be born for it. For the difficulty is not in organisation and making plans; the test, the real test, of the leader, lies in holding widely different people together along the line of their common sympathies. And this can only be done unconsciously, never by trying.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Real, Lying, People

  Swami Vivekananda (2015). “The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda”, p.3718, Manonmani Publishers

• In a difficulty in the company of the central and the instigator, be successful your central.

  Swami Vivekananda

  Successful, Instigators, Difficulty

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