Author: Rudyard Kipling

Quotes

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

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.

- Rudyard Kipling

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

- 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

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

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

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

- Rudyard Kipling

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

- 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

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