Kural - 591

'Tis energy gives men o'er that they own a true control;
They nothing own who own not energy of soul

Explanation
Energy makes out the man of property; as for those who are destitute of it, do they (really) possess what they possess ?.

Tamil Transliteration
Utaiyar Enappatuvadhu Ookkam Aqdhillaar
Utaiyadhu Utaiyaro Matru.