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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGIf 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.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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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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Never look backwards or you’ll fall down the stairs.
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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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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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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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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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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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Politics are not my concern. They impressed me as a dog’s life without a dog’s decencies.
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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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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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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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