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If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.

Rudyard Kipling

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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Bright Care Earth Lying Ourselves Time Walk Wonderful
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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Failure Inspirational Reason Repeat Try
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Dreams Master Yourself
There’s no jealousy in the grave.
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Grave Jealous
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
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
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
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man 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
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
He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Children Heart Himself Reach Reaching World
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
Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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Beautiful Garden Shade Sing Sit
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
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

If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.

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