If you start a work, take rest only after its completion; otherwise, the (incomplete) work will finish you. – Devarata to King Shantanu in Mahabharata

The one who never looks arrogant, never speaks about others with disregard, never says rude words, even if this one has lost self control – such a person is always liked by everyone. – Udyogaparva, Mahabharata

The one who seeks success has to abandon six vices: drowsiness, sloth, fear, anger, laziness and putting on work to a later time. – Udyogaparva, Mahabharata

The human form of life is a most valuable asset for the living entity who can utilize it for solving the problems of life; therefore, one who does not utilize this opportunity properly is a miser. – Lord Krishna to Arjuna

A confused man is a miserly one who does not solve the problems of life as a human and who thus quits this world like the cats and dogs without understanding without the science of self realization. – Lord Krishna to Arjuna

The intoxication with power is worse than drunkenness with liquor and such, for who is drunk with power does not come to his senses before he falls. – Vidura Niti

Unless the senses are controlled, there is no chance of elevation to the platform of knowledge and without knowledge and devotion there is no chance of liberation. – Lord Krishna to Arjuna

Those prone to get drunk get drunk on knowledge wealth and good birth; but the same are the triumphs of the strict.- Vidura Niti

Persons who are led by the material conception of life do not know that the aim of life is the realization of the Absolute Truth and they are captivated by the external features of the material world, and therefore they do not know what liberation is. – Lord Krishna to Arjuna in Bhagvad Gita

A man should avoid these six like a leaking boat in the ocean: a teacher who does not teach, a priest who has not studied, a king who fails to protect, a wife who is abusive, a cowherd who wants a village and a barber who wants a forest. – Vidura Niti