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Quotes By Rabindranath Tagore For School Passouts: Rabindranath Tagore is the first Asian Literature Nobel laureate in 1913. He was a poet, philosopher, and educationist who revolutionised Indian literature and education. Tagore imagined an education as a power to develop individual intellect, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. His timeless quotes are perfect to instil motivation, self-awareness, courage, and universal humanism in the heart of a school passout to conquer the challenges ahead. Therefore, here is a list of 50+ quotes by Rabindranath Tagore that school passouts must read at least once. 

List Of 50+ Quotes By Rabindranath Tagore For School Passouts: 

Hard Work Always Pays Off

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.”

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add colour to my sunset sky.”

“If you cry because the sun has gone out of your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the stars.”

“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them. Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.”

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted, and behold, service was joy.”

“It is very simple to be happy, but it is very difficult to be simple.”

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”

“Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; Where knowledge is free...”

“The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.”

“Reach high, for stars lie hidden in you. Dream deep, for every dream precedes the goal.”

“Don’t limit a child to your learning, for she was born in another time.”

“Love’s gift cannot be given, it waits to be accepted.”

“I seem to have loved you in numberless forms, numberless times, in life after life, in age after age, forever.”

“A mind all logic is like a knife, a blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.”

“Death is not extinguishing the light; it is only putting out the lamp because the dawn has come.”

“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”

Be Mindful, Make Decisions Wisely

“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”

“You smiled and talked to me of nothing, and I felt that for this I had been waiting long.”

“Most people believe the mind to be a mirror, more or less accurately reflecting the world outside them, not realising on the contrary that the mind is itself the principal element of creation.”

“Let life be beautiful like summer flowers and death like autumn leaves.”

“Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.”

“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn.”

“We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.”

“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.”

“Wrinkles on the face may mark the years, but the spirit within can remain young at all times.”

“Small is the seed from which the tree of heaven grows.”

“Peace comes not through absence of conflict, but through the ability to handle conflict with dignity and grace.”

“The water in a vessel is sparkling; the water in the sea is dark. The small truth has clear words; the great truth has great silence.”

“We live in the world when we love it.”

“Love does not claim possession, but gives freedom.”

Become The Best Version Of Yourself: 

“I have become my version of an optimist. If I can’t find the silver lining, I create my own.”

“Let your faith be bigger than your fear.”

“Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man.”

“The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.”

“Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.”

“Depth of friendship does not depend on length of acquaintance.”

“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.”

“All that is not given is lost.”

“What you are you do not see, what you see is your shadow.”

“Patriotism cannot be our final spiritual shelter; my refuge is humanity. I will not buy glass for the price of diamonds, and I will never allow patriotism to triumph over humanity as long as I live.”

“Compliments win friends, honesty loses them.”

“Inspiration follows aspiration.”

“I leave no trace of wings in the air, but I am glad I have had my flight.”

Be Fearless 

“Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.”

“The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.”

“The roots below the earth claim no rewards for making the branches fruitful.”

“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.”

“Love is an endless mystery, for it has nothing else to explain it.”

“Let your life lightly dance on the edges of time like dew on the tip of a leaf.”

“Dawn is the dream’s farewell.”

“Let me not beg for the stilling of my pain, but for the heart to conquer it.”

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