Vanisource:Sloka of the day/July 6, 2008
niyataṁ kuru karma tvaṁ
karma jyāyo hy akarmaṇaḥ
śarīra-yātrāpi ca te
na prasiddhyed akarmaṇaḥ
Perform your prescribed duty, for doing so is better than not working. One cannot even maintain one's physical body without work.