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.
RUDYARD KIPLINGGardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
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All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as he makes it. All he has left is his bills and the reputation for being a fool.
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Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
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If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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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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A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.
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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.
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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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He travels the fastest who travels alone.
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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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Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
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The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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I worked like a horse and I ate like a hog and I slept like a dead man.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
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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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God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
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There is no sin greater than ignorance.
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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Cities and Thrones and Powers Stand in Time’s eye, Almost as long as flowers, Which daily die.
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He who can reach a child’s heart can reach the worlds heart.
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Delight in the little things.
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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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