Dhammapada · 2.5

Uṭṭhānenappamādena, saṃyamena damena ca;Dīpaṃ kayirātha medhāvī, yaṃ ogho nābhikīrati.

utthanena-ppamadena, samyamena damena ca; dipam kayiratha medhavi, yam ogho nabhikirati.

By initiative, by heedfulness, by restraint and self-mastery, let the wise one make an island for themself — one that no flood can submerge.

— Dhammapada 2.5

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.