70+ Rudyard Kipling Quotes | Minimalist Quotes

All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago
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Father Freedom Time
If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too;!
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Blame Doubt Head Lose Man Trust Yourself
This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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Adventure Brief Inspirational Meaning Moments Short
A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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Ability Accurate Intuition Man Woman
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Exception Serious Yourself
Politicians. Little Tiny Gods on Wheels.
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God One Liner Perspective Politics Vehicle
All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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Man Religion Sensible Talk
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
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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Ability Work Yourself
I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.
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Deal Humanity Myself Nature Powerful Word
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
Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.
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Beyond Exception Place Serious Sun
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Ability End Inspirational Open Possible
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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Deep Distance Togetherness
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
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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Defeat Enough Karma Pay Price Yourself
Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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Bad Literature Wife
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
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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Blame Lose Man Son World Yourself
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth
The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.
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Beautiful Horrible Life Love Myself World
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
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
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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Call Darkness Feeling Morning Nature Night Open Shadow Sun Window Yourself
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
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Brave Courtesy Heart Jungle

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