“Gardens are not made by singing 'Oh, how beautiful!' and sitting in the shade.”
More from Rudyard Kipling on Wisdom
“One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.”
“What avail is honour or a sword against a pen?”
“To hear is one thing, to know is another.”
“Whatever he knows of his weaknesses, Private Mulvaney is wholly ignorant of his strength.”
“I always try to believe the best of everybody -it saves so much trouble.”
“I keep six honest serving-men they taught me all I know their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who”
“There are nine and sixty ways of constructing tribal lays and every single one of them is right.”
“The sin they do by two and two they must pay for one by one.”
“A woman's guess is much more accurate than a man's certainty.”
“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
William Penn
14 quotes“Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”