Quotes from Swami Vivekanand

Before sharing few quotes of Swami Vivekanand, let me tell you that I'm believer and follower of few Hero's (for one or more reasons) (let me add here that I try and see their positive points only, because each Individual has some negative points). Those hero's are (few of them, which are top of Mind - because like Lord Dattatreya, who had 24 guru's each for specific reasons) - Lord Shri Ram; Mahatma Gandhi, Swami Vivekanand, Shri Sai baba; Bhagat Singh; Abraham Lincoln and recent times Amitabh Bachhan; Kapil Dev; Sachin Tendulkar; Warren Buffet; Narayan Murthy; APJ Abdul Kalam Azad etc.. I have shared Gandhiji's famous Bhajan; Bhagat Singh's Peom, so today I got below attached quotes of Swami Vivekanand.

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

When I Asked God for Brain & Brown
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 Vivekanand

Wise Thoughts

• Every morning in Africa a Deer wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the fastest Lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up, it knows it must run faster than the slowest Deer or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter if your a Lion or Deer, when the Sun comes up, you'd better be running.
• If we miss an opportunity, don’t fill the eyes with tears, as it will hide another better opportunity in front of us.
• ANGERS BLOWS OUT THE LAMP OF THE MIND - INGERSOLL
• DO NOT COMPLAIN THAT ROSE BUSH HAS THORNS. REJOICE THAT THE THORN BUSH BEARS ROSES - ARABIAN PROVERB
• KEEP A SECRET, IT’S YOUR SLAVE. TELL IT, AND IT’S YOUR MASTER -HENRY
• WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOING -KENNEDY
• WHEREVER WE LOOK UPON THIS EARTH, THE OPPORTUNITIES TAKE SHAPE WITHIN THE PROBLEMS-NELSON ROCKFELLER