Bhagavad Gita Quotes By Lord Krishna on Life and Success That You Need To Know

The scripture is a dialogue between Pandava prince Arjuna and divine deity Krishna during the Kurukshetra war in the ancient Sanskrit epic-Mahabharata. Bhagavad Gita is also renowned as ‘The Song Of God’ that unravels life’s philosophy and spiritual wisdom. Here are some noteworthy Bhagavad Gita quotes to understand the principles of life in the best possible way

“You are what you believe in, You become that which you believe you can become” Bhagavad Gita 

“The embodied soul is eternal in existence, indestructible, and infinite, only the material body is factually perishable, therefore fight O Arjuna.”

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“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work. You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction. Perform work in this world, Arjuna, as a man established within himself – without selfish attachments, and alike in success and defeat.” Bhagavad Gita

“No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come” Bhagavad Gita

“Curving back within myself I create again and again.” Bhagavad Gita

“The Lord said: “Time [death] I am, the destroyer of the worlds, who has come to annihilate everyone. Even without your taking part all those arrayed in the [two] opposing ranks will be slain” Bhagavad Gita

“The wise work for the welfare of the world, without thought for themselves.”

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“You have the right to work, but never to the fruit of work, You should never engage in action for the sake of reward, nor should you long for inaction.”

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“There is nothing lost or wasted in this life.” Bhagavad Gita

“Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.” Bhagavad Gita

“The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead. There was never a time when you and I and all the kings gathered here have not existed and nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist.” Bhagavad Gita 

“No one should abandon duties because he sees defects in them. Every action, every activity, is surrounded by defects as a fire is surrounded by smoke.”

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“It is better to live in your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.” Bhagavad Gita 

“Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.” Bhagavad Gita

“One who sees inaction in action, and action in inaction, is intelligent among men.” Bhagavad Gita 

“Arise, slay thy enemies, enjoy a prosperous kingdom.” Bhagavad Gita

“Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.”  Bhagavad Gita

“No one who does good work will ever come to a bad end, either here or in the world to come”  Bhagavad Gita

“A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return” Bhagavad Gita 

“Work for work’s sake, not for yourself. Act but do not be attached to your actions. Be in the world, but not of it.”

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“Lust, Anger, and Greed are the three doors to hell.” Bhagavad Gita

“When a man dwells on the pleasure of sense, the attraction for them arises in him, From attraction arises desire, the lust of possession, and this leads to passion, to anger.”  Bhagavad Gita

“From passion comes the confusion of mind, then the loss of remembrance, the forgetting of duty, From this loss comes the ruin of reason, and the ruin of reason leads man to destruction.” Bhagavad Gita

“You are only entitled to the action, never to its fruits.” Bhagavad Gita 

“You have a right to perform your prescribed duties, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions.”

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“Man is made by his belief. As he believes, so he is”  Bhagavad Gita 

“Through selfless service, you will always be fruitful and find the fulfillment of your desires” Bhagavad Gita

“We are kept from our goal not by obstacles but by a clear path to a lesser goal.” Bhagavad Gita

“Pleasures conceived in the world of the senses have a beginning and an end and give birth to misery.” Bhagavad Gita

“Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass the wealth of spiritual awareness. The one who is motivated only by the desire for the fruits of their action, and anxious about the results, is miserable indeed.”

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“As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones.” Bhagavad Gita

“Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” Bhagavad Gita 

“Whatever happened, happened for the good, Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.”

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“In the dark night of all beings awakes to Light the tranquil man. But what is day to other beings is night for the sage who sees.” Bhagavad Gita

“The spirit is beyond destruction. No one can bring an end to spirit which is everlasting. Bhagavad Gita 

“Better than mechanical practice is knowledge.Better than knowledge is meditation.” Bhagavad Gita 

“It is I who remain seated in the heart of all creatures as the inner controller of all; and it is I who am the source of memory, knowledge and the ratiocinativefaculty. Again, I am the only object worth knowing through the Vedas; I alone am the origin of Vedānta and the knower of the Vedas too. — Krishna; Chapter 15, verse 15” Bhagavad Gita 

“Performing the duty prescribed by (one’s own) nature, one incurreth no sin.” Bhagavad Gita

“Feelings of heat and cold, pleasure and pain, are caused by the contact of the senses with their objects. They come and they go, never lasting long. You must accept them.” Bhagavad Gita

“I am the Atma abiding in the heart of all beings. I am also the beginning, the middle, and the end of all beings.”

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“There was never a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor any of these kings. Nor is there any future in which we shall cease to be.” Bhagavad Gita

“For even if the greatest sinner worships me with all his soul, he must be considered righteous, because of his righteous will. And he shall soon become pure and reach everlasting peace. For this is my word of promise, that he who loves me shall not perish. -Krishna; Chapter 9, verses 30–31.” Bhagavad Gita 

“Some perceive God in the heart by the intellect through meditation; others by the yoga of knowledge; and others by the yoga of work. Some, however, do not understand Brahman, but having heard from others, take to worship. They also transcend death by their firm faith to what they have heard.” Bhagavad Gita 

“Just as the dweller in this body passes through childhood, youth and old age, so at death he merely passes into another kind of body. The wise are not deceived by that.” Bhagavad Gita 

“The work of a man who is unattached to the modes of material nature and who is fully situated in transcendental knowledge merges entirely into transcendence.”

Vyasa, The Bhagavad Gita 

“For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters.” Bhagavad Gita 

“I have become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” Bhagavad Gita

“The nonpermanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons.They arise from sense perception,and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.”

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“Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spirituality implies equanimity.

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“He who has let go of hatred

who treats all beings with kindness

and compassion, who is always serene,

unmoved by pain or pleasure,

free of the “I” and “mine,”

self-controlled, firm and patient,

his whole mind focused on me

that is the man I love best.” Bhagavad Gita

“The peace of God is with them whose mind and soul are in harmony, who are free from desire and wrath, who know their own soul.” Bhagavad Gita

“Hell has three hates: lust, anger and greed.” Bhagavad Gita

“It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.” Bhagavad Gita

“A gift is pure when it is given from the heart to the right person at the right time and at the right place, and when we expect nothing in return” Bhagavad Gita 

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