Author: Rudyard Kipling

Quotes

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

- 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Rudyard Kipling

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