I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.
Rudyard KiplingYes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep... For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that an' Chuck him out, the brute! But it's Saviour of his country, when the guns begins to shoot!
Rudyard KiplingIf you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.
Rudyard KiplingThe 'eathen in 'is blindness must end where 'e began. But the backbone of the Army is the non-commissioned man!
Rudyard KiplingIf you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ... if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if you can think, and not make thoughts your aim; if you can meet with Triumph and Disaster, and treat those two impostors just the same; ... yours is the earth and everything that's in it...
Rudyard Kipling