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
travel traveling-alone originality
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
tea week made
We had a kettle; we let it leak: Our not repairing made it worse. We haven't had any tea for a week... The bottom is out of the Universe.
enough productivity
Enough work to do, and strength enough to do the work.
mean men self
Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.
men forgiving nuisance
You must learn to forgive a man when he's in love. He's always a nuisance.
courage heart bravery
A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.
mothers-day prayer motherhood
If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, mother o' mine o mother o' mine.
art clever
It's clever, but is it Art?
humble sacrifice
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
doors agony skulls
One half of my head, from the top of my skull to the cleft of my jaw, hammers, bangs, sizzles while the other half, serene and content, looks on at the agony next door.
mad insanity psychological
Everyone is more or less mad on one point.
land burma knows
This is Burma and it is unlike any land you know about.
sleep heart moon
The python dropped his head lightly for a moment on Mowgli's shoulders. "A brave heart and a courteous tongue," said he. "They shall carry thee far through the jungle, manling. But now go hence quickly with thy friends. Go and sleep, for the moon sets and what follows it is not well that thou shouldst see.
cat pride walks
I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all places are alike to me.