Wise Quotes from Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. He was born in British India, which inspired much of his work.
“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
“He wrapped himself in quotations – as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.”
“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble”
“I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn’t explain away afterwards.”
“We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”
“If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.”
“A woman’s guess is much more accurate than a man’s certainty.”
“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;!”
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”
“Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.”
“If you can walk with the crowd and keep your virtue, or walk with Kings-nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run- Yours is the earth and everything that’s in it, And-which is more-you’ll be a man my son.”
“I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.”
“A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition”
“Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.”
“No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
“I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.”
“I am, by calling, a dealer in words; and words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”
“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is hard business. 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.”
“Gardens are not made by singing ‘Oh, how beautiful!’ and sitting in the shade.”
“You must learn to forgive a man when he’s in love. He’s always a nuisance.”
“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”
“There is no sin so great as ignorance. Remember this.”
“We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.”
“The world is very lovely, and it’s very horrible–and it doesn’t care about your life or mine or anything else.”
“This is a brief life, but in its brevity it offers us some splendid moments, some meaningful adventures.”
“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.”
“Buy a pup and your money will buy Love unflinching that cannot lie.”
