I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.
RUDYARD KIPLINGNever praise a sister to a sister, in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears, and so preparing the way for you later on. Sisters are women first, and sisters afterwards; and you will find that you do yourself harm.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.
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At two o’clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.
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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.
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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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When 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.
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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.
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There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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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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One cannot resist the lure of Africa.
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A Time For Prayer “In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted.” -Rudyard Kipling
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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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