Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 26

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akarmaṇāṃ vai bhūtānāṃ vṛttiḥ syān na hi kācana /
tadevābhriprapadyeta na vihanyāt kathaṃcana //

For living beings who do not act, there can surely be no livelihood; / therefore, one should resort to action itself, and never abandon it by any means.