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
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!
winter thinking green
No one thinks of winter when the grass is green.
creativity thinking waiting
When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.
dream tired thinking
If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ... if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; ... yours is the earth and everything that's in it ...
thinking long tree
They will come back, come back again, As long as the red earth rolls. He never wasted a leaf or a tree. Do you think he would squander souls?
thinking aim thoughts-in-your-head
If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim.
men thinking bullets
Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid.
book thinking world
It'is like a book, I think, this bloomin' world.
again asia boards bombay clear holds miles nose ship smell till
It is at Bombay that the smell of All Asia boards the ship miles off shore, and holds the passenger's nose till he is clear of Asia again
blow cut god left plains rifle roll soldier women wounded
When you're left wounded on Afganistan's plains and the women come out to cut up what remains, Just roll to your rifle and blow out your brains, And go to your God like a soldier
abstain improving manners marriage pleasant terrible wise
Pleasant the snaffle of Courtship, improving the manners and carriage, But the colt who is wise will abstain from the terrible thorn-bit of marriage
desire drew king unto
King Solomon drew merchantmen, / Because of his desire / For peacocks, apes and ivory, / From Tarshish unto Tyre.
bridge clear drive land law obedience road swift
Keep ye the Law - be swift in all obedience -/ Clear the land of evil, drive the road and bridge the ford.
arises devils heart knows love measures move season
Who knows the heart of the Christian? How does he reason? What are his measures and balances? Which is his season For laughter, forbearance or bloodshed, and what devils move him When he arises to smite us? I do not love him