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
insulting dialect language
The American has no language, he has a dialect, slang, provincialism, accent and so forth
nice thinking sea
All good people agree, And all good people say, All nice people, like Us, are We And every one else is They: But if you cross over the sea, Instead of over the way, You may end by (think of it!) looking on We As only a sort of They!
strong children good-luck
Good luck go with you, O Chief of the Wolves. And good luck and strong white teeth go with noble children that they may never forget the hungry in this world.
dream masters ifs
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master.
india sun
Now India is a place beyond all others where one must not take things too seriously—the midday sun always excepted.
work garden hands
Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when your work is finished, you can wash your hands and pray For the Glory of the Garden, that it may not pass away!
winter thinking green
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
discrepancies-between unhappy-childhood preparation
(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours.
unity wolf-packs jungle-book
For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
men effort too-much
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
misunderstood orientalism west
Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.
creativity thinking waiting
When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.
leadership teacher book
No printed word, nor spoken plea can teach young minds what they should be. Not all the books on all the shelves - but what the teachers are themselves.
england knows
Those who only know England know not England.