Beware of overconcern for money, or position, or glory. Someday you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are.
RUDYARD KIPLINGNot 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.
More Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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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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What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
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This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.
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In the jungle, life and food depend on keeping your temper.
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All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.
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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.
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It’s always best to tell the truth.
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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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The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
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Believe the best of everybody.
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No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
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If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
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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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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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