We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
RUDYARD KIPLINGI’ve just read that I am dead. Don’t forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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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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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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Delight in the little things.
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He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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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.
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He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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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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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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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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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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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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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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The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
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If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.
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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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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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Literature is a splendid mistress, but a bad wife.
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There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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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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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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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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