Lord Krishna and his motivational dialogues included in the Bhagavad Gita are considered the most inspirational ones to learn leadership qualities. His life history shows us that he did not participate in the battle of Mahabharat but he was the only person who made Pandavas win the battle. If you want to be a leadership expert, then, you should read Bhagavad Gita. Though this scripture is 5200 years old it is highly relevant in each era.
Precisely, it is said that Lord Krishna’s quotes have changed the lives of many as He teaches us to perform actions without thinking about the outcomes. He is the only one whose motivational dialogues are researched by philosophers to bring an essential change in the thought process of society. When the thinking of society is changed, then, the civilization of human beings will be uplifted.
Hence, read some of the motivational quotes of Lord Krishna:
- It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of somebody else’s life with perfection.
- The happiness which comes from long practice, which leads to the end of suffering, which at first is like poison, but at last like nectar- this kind of happiness arises from the serenity of one’s own mind.
- Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.
- Perform all thy actions with mind concentrated on the Divine, renouncing attachment and looking upon success and failure with an equal eye. Spiritually implies equanimity.
- The man who sees me in everything
And everything within me
Will not be lost to me, nor
Will I ever be lost to him?
He who is rooted in oneness realizes that I am
In every being; wherever
He goes, he remains in me.
When he sees all beings as equal
In suffering or in joy
Because they are like himself,
That man has grown perfect in yoga.
- He who experiences the unity of life his own Self in all beings, and all beings in his own self, and looks on everything with an impartial eye.
- 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 your obligatory duty, because action is indeed better than inaction.
- Those who are motivated only by the desire for the fruits of action are miserable, for they are constantly anxious about the results of what they do.
- 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.
- 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.
- Death is as sure for that which is born, as birth is for that which is dead. Therefore grieve not for what is inevitable.
- 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.
- 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.
- Seek refuge in the attitude of detachment and you will amass a 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.
- Whatever happened, happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.
- Better than mechanical practice is knowledge. Better than knowledge is meditation.
- For the soul, there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.
- When meditation is mastered, the mind is unwavering like the flame of a lamp in a windless place.
- A person can rise through the efforts of his own mind; or draw himself down, in the same manner. Because each person is his own friend or enemy.
- He who has let go of hatred who treats all beings with kindness and compassion, who is always calm and peaceful, 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/woman I love best.
- The Lord dwells in the hearts of all the creatures and whirls them round upon the wheel of Maya (the illusion or appearance of the phenomenal world)_.
- The senses are higher than the body, the mind higher than the senses; above the mind is the intellect and above the intellect is the Atman. Thus, knowing that which is supreme, let the Atman rule the ego. Use your mighty arms to slay the fierce enemy that is selfish desire.
- Fire turns firewood to ash. Self-knowledge turns to ash all actions of dualities on your mind and brings you inner peace.
- One who neither rejoices nor grieves, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and inauspicious things – such a devotee is very dear to me.
- Causes and results, including emotional opposites, are things that come and go. This knowledge helps you endure them all.
- For those who wish to climb the mountain of spiritual awareness, the path is selfless work. For those who have attained the summit of union with the Lord, the path is stillness, peace, and selfless work.
- Just hold on to the present-moment attention constantly. All dualities that torment you get destroyed automatically.
- Neither in this world nor elsewhere is there any happiness in store for him who always doubts.
