"You have the right to perform your duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits (results) of your actions." (Chapter 2, Verse 47)
"Treat pleasure and pain, gain and loss, victory and defeat alike. Prepare yourself for battle, and thus you shall not incur sin." (Chapter 2, Verse 38)
"A person who can withdraw the senses from their objects, just as a tortoise withdraws its limbs into its shell, is firmly fixed in perfect consciousness." (Chapter 2, Verse 58)
"One who has faith and is dedicated to that faith, whose senses are subdued, attains knowledge, and having obtained knowledge, quickly achieves supreme peace." (Chapter 4, Verse 39)
"For one who has taken birth, death is certain, and for one who has died, rebirth is certain. Therefore, you should not lament over the inevitable." (Chapter 2, Verse 27)
"For him who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends; but for one who has failed to do so, his mind will remain the greatest enemy." (Chapter 6, Verse 6)
"Whatever you do, whatever you eat, whatever you offer in sacrifice, whatever you give away, and whatever austerity you perform—do that, O Son of Kunti, as an offering to Me." (Chapter 9, Verse 27)