734 Quotes by Rudyard Kipling

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

An ijjit grinnin' in a dream -- for shells an' parrakeets, An' walkin'-sticks o' carved bamboo an' blowfish stuffed an' dried -- Fillin' my bunk wi' rubbishry the Chief put overside.

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are your own fears.

By day the dipping house-flag and by night the rocket's trail. As the sheep that graze behind us so we know them where they hail.

The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it

Flowers are not made by singing Oh, how beautiful, and sitting in the shade.

What of the hunting, hunter bold? / —Brother, the watch has long and cold. / What of the quarry ye went to kill? / —Brother, he crops in the jungle still. / Where is the power that made your pride? / —Brother, it ebbs from my flank and side. / Where is the haste that ye hurry by? / —Brother, I go to my lair to die.

Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbors.

Never praise a sister to a sister in the hope of your compliments reaching the proper ears.