If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim. Rudyard Kipling More Quotes by Rudyard Kipling More Quotes From Rudyard Kipling There are nine-and-sixty ways of constructing tribal lays, And every single one of them is right. Rudyard Kipling crafts nine writing And the talk slid north, and the talk slid south With the sliding puffs from the hookah-mouth; Four things greater than all things are Women and Horses and Power and War. Rudyard Kipling puff horse war Most amusements only mean trying to win another person's money. Rudyard Kipling gambling winning mean I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land! Rudyard Kipling maidens women land No one as yet has approached the management of New York in a proper spirit; that is to say, regarding it as the shiftless outcome of squalid barbarism and reckless extravagance. No one is likely to do so, because reflections on the long narrow pig-trough are construed as malevolent attacks against the spirit and majesty of the American people, and lead to angry comparisons. Rudyard Kipling reflection new-york pigs A tale from which pieces have been raked out is like a fire that has been poked. One does not know the operation has been performed, but everyone feels the effect. Rudyard Kipling pieces fire doe Twenty bridges from Tower to Kew — (Twenty bridges or twenty two) — Wanted to know what the River knew, For they were young, and the Thames was old And this is the tale that River told. Rudyard Kipling bridges rivers two You may talk o' gin and beer When you're quartered safe out 'ere, An' you're sent to penny-fights an' Aldershot it; But when it comes to slaughter You will do your work on water, An' you'll lick the bloomin' boots of 'im that's got it. Rudyard Kipling fighting beer water I had never seen the jungle. They fed me behind bars from an iron pan till one night I felt that I was Bagheera - the Panther - and no man's plaything, and I broke the silly lock with one blow of my paw and came away; and because I had learned the ways of men, I became more terrible in the jungle than Shere Khan. Rudyard Kipling blow silly night 'E's all'ot sand an' ginger when alive, An''e's generally shammin' when'e's dead. Rudyard Kipling ginger alive death Let each man be judged by his deeds, I have paid my price to live with myself on the terms that I willed. Rudyard Kipling term deeds men Come you back, you British soldier; come you back to Mandalay! Rudyard Kipling british-soldiers british soldier Hear and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was: O my Best Beloved, when the tame animals were wild. Rudyard Kipling beloved animal Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Rudyard Kipling host god forget Sing, for faith and hope are high- Rudyard Kipling hope-and-faith lovers life The heart of a man to the heart of a maid- Rudyard Kipling heart morning life Still stands thine ancient sacrifice - An humble and a contrite heart. Rudyard Kipling sacrifice humble heart Each dog barks in his own yard! Rudyard Kipling bark yards dog None of the Jungle People like being disturbed. Rudyard Kipling jungle disturbed people If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me still, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were drowned in the deepest sea, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose tears would come down to me, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! If I were damned of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me whole, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! Rudyard Kipling mothers-day prayer sea