Rudyard Kipling Quotes - Page 2

The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.

Now this is the Law of the Jungle -- as old and as true as the sky; And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the Wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk the Law runneth forward and back -- For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

Follow the dream, and always the dream, and only the dream.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.

For it's "guns this" and "guns that," and "chuck 'em out, the brutes," But they're the "Savior of our loved ones" when the thugs begin to loot.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.

For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.

No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.

Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.

The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

All things considered, there are only two kinds of men in the world: those that stay at home and those that do not.

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.

A Time For Prayer "In times of war and not before, God and the soldier we adore. But in times of peace and all things righted, God is forgotten and the soldier slighted." -Rudyard Kipling

I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity.

There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.

At two o'clock in the morning, if you open your window and listen, You will hear the feet of the Wind that is going to call the sun. And the trees in the Shadow rustle and the trees in the moonlight glisten, And though it is deep, dark night, you feel that the night is done.

All we have of freedom All we use or know This our fathers bought for us Long and long ago

If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.

I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago... I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists on being treated as the most easterly of western peoples instead of the most westerly of easterns that he becomes a racial anomaly extremely difficult to handle.

There's no jealousy in the grave.