Author: Rudyard Kipling

Quotes

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.

- Rudyard Kipling

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

- Rudyard Kipling

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

- Rudyard Kipling

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

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

- Rudyard Kipling

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

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

- Rudyard Kipling

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'

- Rudyard Kipling

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

- Rudyard Kipling

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

- Rudyard Kipling

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

- Rudyard Kipling

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