Quotations from Great Minds

I don't remember the source, I think these are from the writings of Swami Vivekananda. I picked them up during a recent trip to India.

- First believe in the world - that there is meaning behind everythng.
- Don't look back, look for infinte energy, infinite enthusiasm, infinite daring, and infinite patience - then alone can great deeds be accomplished.
- Fill the brain with highest thoughts, highest ideals, place them day and night before you, and out of that will come great work
- Desire, ignorance, and inequality - this is the trinity of bondage
- Are great things ever done smoothly? Time, patience and indomitable will must show
- Great work requires great and persistent effort for a long time. Character has to be established through a 1000 stumbles
- A few heart-whole, sincere, and energtic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century
- Be a hero. Always say, I have no fear. Tell this to everyone I have no fear
- Perfection comes through selfless work
- Purity, patience and perseverance are the three essentials to success