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Bhagavad Gita

Chapter 3 · Verse 35

श्रेयान्स्वधर्मो विगुणः परधर्मात्स्वनुष्ठितात्। स्वधर्मे निधनं श्रेयः परधर्मो भयावहः॥

śreyān sva-dharmo viguṇaḥ para-dharmāt sv-anuṣṭhitāt, sva-dharme nidhanaṁ śreyaḥ para-dharmo bhayāvahaḥ

A reminder to trust your own path rather than a borrowed or imitated one. Even walked imperfectly, it fits you in a way another's cannot.

Better your own path walked imperfectly than someone else's walked perfectly.