Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.The Glory of the Garden, 1911
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Rudyard Kipling was an English writer and poet known for his works of fiction and poetry inspired by his experiences in British India. He is best known for his classic novels "The Jungle Book" and "Kim," as well as his poems such as "If—" and "Gunga Din." Kipling was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1907 for his outstanding contributions to English literature.
1865–1936·lived 70 years
Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful,' and sitting in the shade.The Glory of the Garden, 1911
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition.Limits and Renewals, 1923
We are the opening verse of the opening page of the chapter of endless possibilities.
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
Believe the best of everybody.
Fill the unforgiving minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run.
He travels the fastest who travels alone.
We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.The Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling, p. 123, 1989
The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.In Search of King Solomon's Mines, p. 42, 2003
That’s all 9 quotes by Rudyard Kipling.