Rudyard Kipling Quotes

We can do anything, or almost, but how balanced, magnanimous, and modest one has to be to do anything! And also how patient. It is as true in the arts as anywhere else.

I learned not to get too happy about good news or too distraught about bad.

I think the strength of the man is to have the right balance. Not to be so high when you win; not to be so down when you lose.

Don't get carried away when things go well, don't get carried away when they go badly.

Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.

The film [Dream of Life], in the end, is life-affirming, and I think it's always useful for people to be reminded that no matter how rough things get, no matter what kind of twists and turns our lives can take, we can keep going, we can create something new.

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's nature to fulfill itself? So remember this principle when something threatens to cause you pain: the thing itself was no misfortune at all; to endure it and prevail is great good fortune.

Being patient ... and not becoming too stressed out over the big plays, those are the things to remember.

Is your cucumber bitter? Throw it away. Are there briars in your path? Turn aside. That is enough. Do not go on and say, "Why were things of this sort ever brought into this world?" neither intolerable nor everlasting - if thou bearest in mind that it has its limits, and if thou addest nothing to it in imagination. Pain is either an evil to the body (then let the body say what it thinks of it!)-or to the soul. But it is in the power of the soul to maintain its own serenity and tranquility. . . .

Willpower isn’t just a skill. It’s a muscle, like the muscles in your arms or legs, and it gets tired as it works harder, so there’s less power left over for other things.

Patience is emotional diligence.

Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

In any situation you can think of, impatience is a source of weakness and fear, while patience represents substance and strength.

Pray that success will not come any faster than you are able to endure it.

I will not be discouraged by failure; I will not be elated by success.

It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one’s balance in spite of them

Failures don't bother me much, nor do I let success go to my head.

The lessons we learn from patience will cultivate our character, lift our lives, and heighten our happiness.

I can wade through contrast and give birth to desires without yielding my Well Being.

Your passion must be tempered with patience. Maybe long-suffering patience would be a better word.

Patience, he thought. So much of this was patience - waiting, and thinking and doing things right. So much of all this, so much of all living was patience and thinking.