National Youth Day 2021

Remembering Swami Vivekananda on his birthday and how he still inspires us with his quotes

National Youth Day is celebrated on January 12, every year in India to honor the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, one of India's greatest leaders and believers of youth power.

Celebrated as one of the greatest social leaders of the country, Swami Vivekananda was born on January 12, 1863, in Kolkata. He is proudly remembered for his 1893 speech at the Parliament of World Religions in which he had laid special emphasis on building capacity of the youths.

Yuva Diwas is also celebrated to encourage the youth in the country to become a better person and achieve an honorable life contributing to the development of the country. 

In 1984 the Government of India declared this day as National Youth Day and since 1985, the event is celebrated in India every year.

It was a decision of the Government of India taken in 1984 to celebrate the birthday of great Swami Vivekananda - January 12, as National Youth Day every year. 

The Government of India quoted that  the philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and worked could be a great source of inspiration for the Indian Youth Day.

Source: Times of India​​​​​​​

Some of his inspiring quotations: 

• All power is within you; you can do anything and everything.
• Arise, awake and stop not till the goal is reached.
• Talk to yourself once in a day….Otherwise you may miss meeting an excellent person in this world.
• Take up an idea, devote yourself to it, struggle on in patience, and the sun will rise for you.
• All the powers in the universe are already ours. It is we who have put our hands before our eyes and cry that it is dark.
• The world is ready to give up its secrets if we only know how to knock, how to give it the necessary blow. The strength and force of the blow come through concentration.
• You have to grow from the inside out. None can teach you,
• none can make you spiritual. There is no other teacher but your own soul.
• Strength is life, Weakness is Death.

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