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
running witty time
Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.
mistake made made-a-mistake
I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.
fall learning looks
Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.
cities san-francisco mad
San Francisco is a mad city - inhabited for the most part by perfectly insane people whose women are of a remarkable beauty.
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.