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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

Rudyard Kipling

If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; yours is the earth and everything that’s in it.
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Dreams Earth Leadership Master Patience Success Wait Yourself
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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Home Kind Man Travel World
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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Animal Friendship Myself Service
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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Glory Man Money Poor Position Yourself
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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Alone Fast Himself Independent One Liner Travel
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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Brain God Soldier Weapon Woman Wound Yourself
The jungle speaks to me because I know how to listen.
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Jungle Listening Nature Talk
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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Humble Knowledge Sacrifice
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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History Naked Nation People Reason Simplicity
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
If you want something and don’t get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn’t want it, or you tried to bargain over the price.
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Price Reason Try Yourself
Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Advice Deep Fall Past Yourself
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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Eyes Garden Glory Nature
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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Animal Forest Jungle Law Strike

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