Bhagavad Gita's Quote - It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than

Quote by Bhagavad Gita

It is better to do thine own duty, however lacking in merit, than to do that of another, even though efficiently. It is better to die doing ones own duty, for to do the duty of another is fraught with danger. – Bhagavad Gita

Other quotes by 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. – Bhagavad Gita

Category:

Military, the

Author

Bhagavad Gita

Read Quote

Those who eat too much or eat too little, who sleep too much or sleep too little, will not succeed in meditation. But those who are temperate in eating and sleeping, work and recreation, will come to the end of sorrow through meditation. – Bhagavad Gita

Category:

Meditation

Author

Bhagavad Gita

Read Quote

As person abandons worn-out clothes and acquires new ones, so when the body is worn out a new one is acquired by the Self, who lives within. – Bhagavad Gita

Category:

Discovery

Author

Bhagavad Gita

Read Quote

Other Quotes from

Danger

Random Quotes

I must take issue with the term a mere child, for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult. – Fran Lebowitz

Category:

Experience

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us. – Hubert H. Humphrey

Category:

alone

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. – Mahatma Gandhi

Category:

great

On the stage, you alone hold the key, and on the night you have to trust that the director has inspired you enough to take the material and run with it. – Greta Scacchi

Category:

alone