Rudyard Kipling Quotes

When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease. But when we disarmed They sold us, and delivered us, bound, to our foe, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."

Rudyard Kipling

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• The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses will be all the stronger for working together and sharing the load.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • Life
  • Together
  • Peace

• It seems Palestinians can't win. The language of peace negotiations has always been predicated on a representation that Palestinians are violent and that is why Israel behaves as it does.

  

  Randa Abdel-Fattah
  • Why
  • Peace
  • Language

• For me, peace is a fundamental human right of every child; it is inevitable and divine.

  

  Kailash Satyarthi
  • Me
  • Peace
  • Child

• Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!

  

  Patrick Henry
  • Life
  • Death
  • Peace

• The true object of war fought for God should always be peace.

  

  Hamza Yusuf
  • God
  • War
  • True

• Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • You
  • Peace
  • Yourself

• I have never made a threat. I've never made a threat, never expressed a threat, never - I've never - I would never threaten violence ever, because I am a man of peace, dedicated to peace.

  

  Feisal Abdul Rauf
  • Man
  • Peace
  • Violence

• We need to say that women have sex, have abortions, are at peace with the decision, and move on with their lives. We need to say that is their right, and, moreover, it's good for everyone that they have this right: The whole society benefits when motherhood is voluntary.

  

  Katha Pollitt
  • Good
  • Women
  • Society

• Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation.

  

  Yitzhak Rabin
  • People
  • Peace
  • Alone

• True refuge is that which allows us to be at home, at peace, to discover true happiness. The only thing that can give us true refuge is the awareness and love that is intrinsic to who we are. Ultimately, it's our own true nature.

  

  Tara Brach
  • True
  • Nature
  • Happiness

• I beg Osama to stop warring. He is a Muslim, and Islam means peace. Nobody wins in a war... I wish I were tapped in the problem about Iraq. I knew Saddam enough that I could have talked him into surrendering. But it's too late.

  

  Imelda Marcos
  • War
  • Peace
  • Stop

• I believe that eyes are very important motifs. That's something that can discern the peace and love.

  

  Yayoi Kusama
  • Believe
  • Important
  • Peace

• Much of what has gone wrong in the pursuit of Arab-Israeli peace is due to a lack of strong leadership, primarily among the Palestinians.

  

  Edgar Bronfman, Sr.
  • Strong
  • Peace
  • Leadership

• Remember, each one of us has the power to change the world. Just start thinking peace, and the message will spread quicker than you think.

  

  Yoko Ono
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Power

• With 'Wind River,' I became fascinated with the notion of how you overcome a tragedy - accepting it, making whatever peace you can with it - without ever knowing what really happened.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Peace
  • Wind
  • River

• To suggest that war can prevent war is a base play on words and a despicable form of warmongering. The objective of any who sincerely believe in peace clearly must be to exhaust every honourable recourse in the effort to save the peace. The world has had ample evidence that war begets only conditions which beget further war.

  

  Ralph Bunche
  • World
  • Believe
  • War

• The reins of government have been so long slackened, that I fear the people will not quietly submit to those restraints which are necessary for the peace and security of the community.

  

  Abigail Adams
  • People
  • Long
  • Fear

• It is ridiculous that British troops are here in Crossmaglen. The claim is that they're in Ireland keeping the peace between the two communities. But there is only one community in South Armagh, so what the heck are they doing here?

  

  Clare Short
  • Community
  • Peace

• I feel really lucky to have had 'War and Peace' as my first big telly job. I was playing this incredible character, and we were shooting in Catherine the Great's palace near St. Petersburg in the winter, when the river was frozen. It was a dream. I still can't believe it. I wanted to soak up every last minute.

  

  Jessie Buckley
  • Up
  • Great
  • Believe

• That's where peace begins - not just in the plans of leaders, but in the hearts of people. Not just in some carefully designed process, but in the daily connections - that sense of empathy that takes place among those who live together in this land and in this sacred city of Jerusalem.

  

  Barack Obama
  • People
  • Live
  • Together

• I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.

  

  Samantha Shannon
  • Writing
  • Me
  • Books

• Despite my solitary life, I have found infinite joy in books and writing, and am by far too much interested in the affairs of the world to quit the scene before Nature shall claim me.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Life
  • World
  • Writing

• I have been all men known to history,

  

  R. S. Thomas
  • Men
  • History

• When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of the tribes would cease. But when we disarmed They sold us, and delivered us, bound, to our foe, And the Gods of the Copybook Headings said: "Stick to the Devil you know."

  

  Rudyard Kipling
  • Peace
  • Gods
  • Measure