"You have the right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of your actions." (Chapter 2, Verse 47)
"Set thy heart upon thy work, but never on its reward." (Chapter 2, Verse 48)
"A person can rise through the efforts of his own mind; he can also degrade himself by his own mind. Because of his mind, he falls from his own divine nature or rises by the same." (Chapter 6, Verse 5)
"The self-controlled soul, who moves amongst sense objects, free from either attachment or repulsion, he wins eternal peace." (Chapter 2, Verse 64)
"One who sees inaction in action and action in inaction, is intelligent among men." (Chapter 4, Verse 18)
"Perform your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction." (Chapter 3, Verse 8)