On character
सहजं कर्म कौन्तेय सदोषमपि न त्यजेत् । सर्वारम्भा हि दोषेण धूमेनाग्निरिवावृताः
Sanskrit
हे कुन्तीनन्दन ! दोषयुक्त होनेपर भी सहज कर्मका त्याग नहीं करना चाहिये; क्योंकि सम्पूर्ण कर्म धुएँसे अग्निकी तरह किसी-न-किसी दोषसे युक्त हैं।
One should not abandon, O Arjuna, the duty to which one is born, though faulty; for, all undertakings are enveloped by evil, as fire by smoke.
Bhagavad Gita · Chapter 18 18.48Sanskrit: public domain · Hindi tr. Swami Ramsukhdas · English tr. Swami Sivananda
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Don't abandon your own work because it is flawed — every undertaking has some flaw.
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