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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

Rudyard Kipling

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
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
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that’s your nature, but don’t lend it to your neighbours.
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Nature Neighbor Trouble
If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.
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Forget History Story Teaching
There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.
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Greatness Ignorance Remember Sin
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master.
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Dreams Master Yourself
War is an ill thing, as I surely know. But ‘twould be an ill world for weaponless dreamers if evil men were not now and then slain.
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Dreams Myself Sick War Weapon World
In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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Food Jungle Life Temper
He who faces no calamity gains no courage.
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Adversity Courage Face Hard Time Himself
An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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Mom Worth
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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Dreams Earth Leadership Master Patience Success Wait Yourself
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
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Drug Kind Man Powerful Word
I have seen something of this world,” she said over the trays, “and there are but two sorts of women in it– those who take the strength out of a man, and those who put it back. Once I was that one, and now I am this.
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Change Growth Myself Strength Transformation Woman World
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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Believe Best Myself Save Trouble
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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Green Thinking Winter
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

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

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