Inspirational Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Scripture)

Inspirational Quotes from the Bhagavad Gita (Hindu Scripture)

Set thy heart upon thy work but never its reward.
—The Bhagavad Gita

I am the goal of life, the Lord and support of all, the inner witness, the abode of all. I am the only refuge, the one true friend; I am the beginning, the staying, and the end of creation; I am the womb and the eternal seed. I am heat; I give and withhold the rain. I am immortality and I am death; I am what is and what is not.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Every day, we all do battle on the field of sacred duty. Our obligation is to make the truly wisest choices.
—The Bhagavad Gita

The power of God is with you at all times; through the activities of mind, senses, breathing, and emotions; and is constantly doing all the work using you as a mere instrument.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Faithful, intent, his senses subdued, he gains knowledge; gaining knowledge, he soon finds perfect peace.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Strive constantly to serve the welfare of the world; by devotion to selfless work one attains the supreme goal of life. Do your work with the welfare of others always in mind.
—The Bhagavad Gita

The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of summer and winter seasons.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Appearance

On this path effort never goes to waste, and there is no failure. Even a little effort toward spiritual awareness will protect you from the greatest fear.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Awareness, Failure

When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: The Mind

No one attains perfection by merely giving up work.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline, arise.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Salvation of the Dawn
Look to this day,
For it is life,
The very life of life.
In its brief course lie all the truths
And realities of your existence;
The bliss of growth
The glory of action, and
The splendor of beauty;
For yesterday is but a dream
And tomorrow is only a vision,
But today well lived makes
Every yesterday a dream of happiness
And every tomorrow a vision of hope.
Look well, therefore, to this day.
Such is the salvation of the dawn.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Morning, Future, Prophecy, Dreams, Vision, The Present, Happiness, Tomorrow

The person whose mind is always free from attachment, who has subdued the mind and senses, and who is free from desires, attains the supreme perfection of freedom from Karma through renunciation.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Karma

It is better to strive in one’s own dharma than to succeed in the dharma of another. Nothing is ever lost in following one’s own dharma. But competition in another’s dharma breeds fear and insecurity.
—The Bhagavad Gita

In Karma-yoga no effort is ever lost, and there is no harm. Even a little practice of this discipline protects one from great fear [of birth and death].
—The Bhagavad Gita

Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Desire, Selfishness, Wisdom

That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me—with such a one I am in love.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Hate, Hatred

I am ever present to those who have realized me in every creature. Seeing all life as my manifestation, they are never separated from me. They worship me in the hearts of all, and all their actions proceed from me. Wherever they may live, they abide in me.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Sages speak of the immutable Tree of Life, with its tape root above and its branches below.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Spirit, Spirituality

For one who has been honored, dishonor is worse than death.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Honor

Whatever you do, make it an offering to me—the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Appreciation

Because the fool wants to become God, He never finds him. The master is already God, Without ever wishing to be.
—The Bhagavad Gita

We all have been for all time…and we shall be for all time…As the Spirit of our mortal body wanders on in childhood, and youth and old age, the Spirit wanders on to a new body: of this the sage has no doubts.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Wherever is Krishna, the lord of yoga; and wherever is Arjuna, the archer; there will be everlasting prosperity, victory, happiness, and morality. This is my conviction.
—The Bhagavad Gita

I got this today, they say; tomorrow I shall get that. This wealth is mine, and that will be mine too. I have destroyed my enemies. I shall destroy others too! Am I not like God? I enjoy what I want. I am successful. I am powerful. I am happy. I am rich and well-born. Who is equal to me? I will perform sacrifices and give gifts, and rejoice in my own generosity. This is how they go on, deluded by ignorance. Bound by their greed and entangled in a web of delusion, whirled about by a fragmented The Mindy fall into a dark hell. Self-important, obstinate, swept away by the pride of wealth, they ostentatiously perform sacrifices without any regard for their purpose. Egotistical, violent, arrogant, lustful, angry, envious of everyone, they abuse my presence within their own bodies and in the bodies of others.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Whatever the state of being that a man may focus upon at the end, when he leaves his body, to that state of being he will go.
—The Bhagavad Gita

Valor, glory, firmness, skill, generosity, steadiness in battle and ability to rule—these constitute the duty of a soldier. They flow from his own nature.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Army, Navy, The Military

Even as a tortoise draws in its limbs, the wise can draw in their senses at will.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Choice

The sage awakes to light in the night of all creatures. That which the world calls day is the night of ignorance to the wise.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Ignorance

When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you life in the wisdom of the Self.
—The Bhagavad Gita
Topics: Wisdom

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