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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.

Rudyard Kipling

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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Forget God Peace Prayer Right Soldier Time War
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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Book Man Wine
You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.
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Forgiveness Learning Love Man Nuisance
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
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Drink Energy Man Vice Work
Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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City Death Eyes Flower Time
Be slow to judge for we know little of what has been done and nothing of what has been resisted.
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Judgement Resistance Slow
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth
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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Lonely Pay Price Privilege Scare Struggle Tribe Yourself
Never 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.
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Compliment Hope Praise Reach Sister Woman Yourself
Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It’s just IT. Some women will stay in a man’s memory if they once walked down a street.
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Goodness Memories Necessary Talk Walk Woman
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
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.
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Honesty Man Myself Philosophy Service Teaching Wisdom
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.
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Mindset Teacher Teaching Word Young
If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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Dedication 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

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