Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through From all I was What may the God not do?
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Brother, thy tail hangs down behind.
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Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Something I owe to the soil that grew-More to the life that fed-But most to Allah who gave me two Separate sides of my head. I would go without shirt or shoes, Friends, tobacco, or bread Sooner than for an instant lose Either side of my head.
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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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The wild hawk to the wind-swept sky The deer to the wholesome wold; And the heart of a man to the heart of a maid, As it was in the days of old.
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More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.
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And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'
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If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.
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The Navy is very old and very wise.
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OH, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
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Payday came and with it beer.
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After violent emotion most people and all boys demand food.
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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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They shut the road through the woods Seventy years ago. Weather and rain have undone it again, And now you would never know There was once a road through the woods.
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The American does not drink at meals as a sensible man should. Indeed, he has no meals. He stuffs for ten minutes thrice a day.
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You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces over all the mean worry of housekeeping.
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A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.
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Politicians. Little Tin Gods on Wheels.
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All gods have good points, just as have all priests. Personally, I attach much importance to Hanuman , and am kind to his people the great gray apes of the hills. One never knows when one may want a friend.
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Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew — Twenty bridges or twenty two — Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were young, and the Thames was old And this is the tale that River told.
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If any Question why We Died Tell them because our Father's Lied.
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It's clever, but is it Art?
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There's no jealousy in the grave.