Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling
Joseph Rudyard Kipling; 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth30 December 1865
CityMumbai, India
hero soul lines
O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll.
life lovers hope-and-faith
Sing, for faith and hope are high- None so true as you and I- Sing the Lovers' Litany: "Love like ours can never die!"
life heart men
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.
want bargaining what-you-want
If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
clever men fool
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool.
theatre triumph losing
Keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you.
thank-you cutting army
When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.
success failure excuse
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.
simple giving naked
Nations have passed away and left no traces, And history gives the naked cause of it - One single simple reason in all cases; They fell because their peoples were not fit.
children heart adoption
He who can reach a child's heart can reach the worlds heart.
nature anxiety trouble
Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.
power two triumph
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster And treat those two impostors just the same.
lying eye garden
The glory of the garden lies in more than meets the eye.
book wine men
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition