Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Relationships

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Quotes drawn from the Bhagavad Gita 323 quotes, each linked to the shloka behind it.

Explore Bhagavad Gita quotes on relationships, with insights on acting without selfish expectation and seeing others with understanding and equal regard.

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Loyalty built on need is fragile; loyalty built on trust endures.
Bhagavad Gita 1.8
When your mind is overwhelmed, find a guide and a quiet seat.
Bhagavad Gita 1.47
We often strive for the sake of people we then forget to look at.
Bhagavad Gita 1.33
A team is only as steady as the protection of its most relied-upon member.
Bhagavad Gita 1.11
Ask forgiveness for the small slights, not only the large wrongs.
Bhagavad Gita 11.42
Softening toward yourself is the first step to softening toward others.
Bhagavad Gita 16.18
Your compassion grows as your sense of 'other' shrinks.
Bhagavad Gita 5.7
Without support, the mind imagines the worst; find support.
Bhagavad Gita 6.38
Practise patience with others and straightness in yourself.
Bhagavad Gita 13.8
Reach out for support; practice is not meant to be walked alone.
Bhagavad Gita 6.23
Notice how often we say ‘mine’ before we say ‘ours’.
Bhagavad Gita 1.1
Divided loyalties are painful because both halves are real.
Bhagavad Gita 1.27
Duty gets complicated when it points at those we revere.
Bhagavad Gita 2.4
Success bought with what you love is a costly victory.
Bhagavad Gita 2.5
Offer steadiness to someone in distress before you offer advice.
Bhagavad Gita 2.10
Devotion grows best in a heart that has done right by others.
Bhagavad Gita 7.28
How do we honour a person and still stand for what is right?
Bhagavad Gita 2.4
Winning can feel like losing when it empties your life.
Bhagavad Gita 2.6
Praise given to secure loyalty is not the same as praise given from respect.
Bhagavad Gita 1.8
Many hands, many horns: shared effort makes a shared sound.
Bhagavad Gita 1.17
Seeing familiar faces on both sides humbles every certainty.
Bhagavad Gita 1.27
Our joy is entangled with the wellbeing of those around us.
Bhagavad Gita 1.37
The people we could not live without define what victory means.
Bhagavad Gita 2.6
Stop asking the world to complete you; it was never its job.
Bhagavad Gita 2.55
Don’t shake someone’s footing before they have somewhere else to stand.
Bhagavad Gita 3.26
Stop keeping score of who you favour and who you resent.
Bhagavad Gita 5.3
Notice when you describe others’ strengths as accusations.
Bhagavad Gita 1.3
Good communication names both what we have and what we lack.
Bhagavad Gita 1.7
Name your allies with gratitude, not with calculation.
Bhagavad Gita 1.8
Shared responsibility is lighter than lonely responsibility.
Bhagavad Gita 1.11
Sometimes cheering someone means standing firmly beside them.
Bhagavad Gita 1.12
If the people you work for are lost, what is the work for?
Bhagavad Gita 1.33
Before you win, consider whom you will have to live with afterwards.
Bhagavad Gita 1.37
Don’t underestimate how much depends on your reliability.
Bhagavad Gita 3.24
Good guidance is spoken for your good, not for the speaker’s.
Bhagavad Gita 18.64
Ask yourself why you are naming your strongest supporters.
Bhagavad Gita 1.8
When both camps hold people you love, there is no easy win.
Bhagavad Gita 1.27
Fathers, sons, uncles, teachers: each role is a doorway to love.
Bhagavad Gita 1.34
A choice that isolates you from your own people deserves a second look.
Bhagavad Gita 1.37
How would you act today if you saw the imperishable in everyone you meet?
Bhagavad Gita 2.21
When those you respect misjudge you, it stings; steadiness helps.
Bhagavad Gita 2.35
Respect those who walk a different path to the same goal.
Bhagavad Gita 3.3
Rise by your own hand, and others will find it easier to help.
Bhagavad Gita 6.5
Skilled people deserve more than a mention; they deserve trust.
Bhagavad Gita 1.8
Teachers, elders, and friends do not leave our hearts just because we disagree.
Bhagavad Gita 1.26
In-laws, friends, family: our circles overlap more than we admit.
Bhagavad Gita 1.27
A sense of kinship can arise suddenly and change everything.
Bhagavad Gita 1.27
What changes in how you treat people when you see what dwells within them?
Bhagavad Gita 2.30
A good account of success counts every contributor, seen and unseen.
Bhagavad Gita 18.14
A community works best when people do what suits their nature well.
Bhagavad Gita 18.41
When people come from all sides, the cause is bigger than any one of them.
Bhagavad Gita 1.18
Standing before the elders and teachers of your life is also a mirror.
Bhagavad Gita 1.25
Everyone suffers when care for the vulnerable is neglected.
Bhagavad Gita 1.41
Whom do you look past, and what would change if you looked?
Bhagavad Gita 5.18
What would change if you saw everyone as coming from the same source?
Bhagavad Gita 7.6
What thread connects you to those you find hard to love?
Bhagavad Gita 7.7
Whom or what have you stopped seeing because it became familiar?
Bhagavad Gita 9.11
Whom have you quietly excluded, and how could you include them?
Bhagavad Gita 9.32
Where could you see a shared root with someone very different from you?
Bhagavad Gita 13.31
Where could you replace fault-finding with compassion today?
Bhagavad Gita 16.2
Consult someone you trust when your judgement feels too excited.
Bhagavad Gita 18.31
What confusion has lifted for you recently, and who helped?
Bhagavad Gita 11.1
Whom might you be failing to bow to, simply because they are behind you?
Bhagavad Gita 11.40
Where might you be treating a person as a rival unnecessarily?
Bhagavad Gita 16.14
Where does your anger at others reflect something you dislike in yourself?
Bhagavad Gita 16.18

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