July 4 Quotes

135 quotes in this collection

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent."

-- Calvin Coolidge

"Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent."

-- Calvin Coolidge

"Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Believe in yourself and the world will be at your feet."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal; nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"Nothing can stop the person with the right mental attitude from achieving their goal; nothing on earth can help the person with the wrong mental attitude."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"If you want something you have never had, you must be willing to do something you have never done."

-- Thomas Jefferson

"Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be."

-- Leo Tolstoy

"Respect was invented to cover the empty place where love should be."

-- Leo Tolstoy

"One idea that is true will kill a thousand that are false."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"One idea that is true will kill a thousand that are false."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"To be selfish is to be a beast, to be unselfish is to be a man, and to be selfless is to be God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"To be selfish is to be a beast, to be unselfish is to be a man, and to be selfless is to be God."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life; it is better to die on the battlefield than to live a life of defeat."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Death is better than a vegetating ignorant life; it is better to die on the battlefield than to live a life of defeat."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The remedy for weakness is not gloating over weakness, but thinking of strength."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The remedy for weakness is not gloating over weakness, but thinking of strength."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Be a man. Stand up and lay the blame on yourself. Do not curse anything outside."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Be a man. Stand up and lay the blame on yourself. Do not curse anything outside."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Books are only the helps, the supports of our spiritual childhood."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Books are only the helps, the supports of our spiritual childhood."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Purity and silence are the two essentials of spiritual life."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Purity and silence are the two essentials of spiritual life."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The power of the mind is like the rays of the sun - when they are concentrated, they illumine."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The power of the mind is like the rays of the sun - when they are concentrated, they illumine."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He is an atheist who does not believe in himself."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He is an atheist who does not believe in himself."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Freedom is the only condition of growth; where there is no freedom, there is no growth."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Freedom is the only condition of growth; where there is no freedom, there is no growth."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The only true teacher is he who can immediately come down to the level of the student."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The only true teacher is he who can immediately come down to the level of the student."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Truth is the fruit of realization, which is far beyond the reach of the senses."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Truth is the fruit of realization, which is far beyond the reach of the senses."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The first sign of life is growth. Are you growing?"

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The first sign of life is growth. Are you growing?"

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The only guide of the people is the people themselves."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The only guide of the people is the people themselves."

-- Swami Vivekananda

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

-- Swami Vivekananda

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

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The leader is the one who awakens the leader within others."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"The leader is the one who awakens the leader within others."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"This universe is the wreckage of the infinite on the shores of the finite."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"This universe is the wreckage of the infinite on the shores of the finite."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"Wait for anybody or anything. Do whatever you can, build your hope on none."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He who struggles is better than he who never attempts."

-- Swami Vivekananda

"He who struggles is better than he who never attempts."

-- Swami Vivekananda