Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful,’ and sitting in the shade.
RUDYARD KIPLINGAn ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
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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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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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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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Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
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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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Believe the best of everybody.
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A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.
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An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.
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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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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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We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
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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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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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