734 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

Enough work to do, and strength enough to do the work.

Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through From all I was What may the God not do?

The toad beneath the harrow knows / Exactly where each tooth-point goes; / The butterfly upon the road / Preaches contentment to that toad.

Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money.

Once there was The People - Terror gave it birth.

Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.

Is it true, what you told me jest now, that you never done a hand's turn o' work in all your born life? Must feel kinder awful, don't it?

Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.

A brave heart and a courteous tongue. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.