No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves – but what the teachers are themselves.
RUDYARD KIPLINGWhen you’re wounded and left on Afghanistan’s plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your god like a soldier.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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If you can keep your wits about you while all others are losing theirs, and blaming you. The world will be yours and everything in it, what’s more, you’ll be a man, my son.
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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Not getting what you want either means you don’t want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.
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Cat said, ‘I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.’
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I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it – One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.
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There are gems of wondrous brightness Often times lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
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Delight in the little things.
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If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do, they will do nothing.
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