734 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

The victory is only a matter of quickness of eye and quickness of foot–snake’s blow against mongoose’s jump–and as no eye can follow the motion of a snake’s head when it strikes, this makes things much more wonderful than any magic herb.

When little boys have learned a new bad word they are never happy till they have chalked it up on a door. And this also is Literature.

What is has been. What will be is no more than a forgotten year striking backward.

Holden found one helpless little hand that closed feebly on his finger. And the clutch ran through his body till it settled about his heart. Till then his sole thought had been for Ameera. He began to realise that there was some one else in the world,...

A liar only lies when he hopes to be believed.

Kim dived into the happy Asiatic disorder which, if you only allow time, will bring you everything that a simple man needs.

If you don’t get what you want, it’s a sign either that you did not seriously want it, or that you tried to bargain over the price.

Well, I believe in miracles, so it comes to.

Remember, Bagheera loved thee,” he cried, and bounded away. At the foot of the hill he cried again long and loud, “Good hunting on a new trail, Master of the Jungle! Remember, Bagheera loved thee.