We have done with Hope and Honour. we are lost to Love and Truth, We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung; And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth. God help us, for we knew the worst too young!
Rudyard KiplingRead
Too much work and too much energy kill a man just as effectively as too much assorted vice or too much drink.
Interpretation
Excess in work and harmful habits can lead to the same destructive outcomes.
Rudyard Kipling's quote suggests that both overexertion in one's professional life and indulgence in vices such as alcohol can be equally detrimental to one's health and well-being. It highlights the need for balance in life, indicating that moderation in all aspects is crucial for maintaining a healthy existence.
In practice
In a motivational speech about work-life balance.
We have done with Hope and Honour. we are lost to Love and Truth, We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung; And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth. God help us, for we knew the worst too young!
Humble because of knowledge; mighty by sacrifice.
Hear and attend and listen; for this is what befell and be-happened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, when the Tame animals were wild. The dog was wild, and the Horse was wild, and the Cow was wild, and the Sheep was wild, and the Pig was wild -as wild as wild could be - and they walked in the Wet Wild Woods by their wild lones. But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cat. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him
I keep six honest serving men.
And when your back stops aching and your hands begin to harden, You will find yourself a partner in the Glory of the Garden.
Savings represent much more than mere money value. They are the proof that the saver is worth something in himself. Any fool can waste; any fool can muddle; but it takes something more of a man to save and the more he saves the more of a man he makes of himself. Waste and extravagance unsettle a man's mind for every crisis; thrift, which means some form of self-restraint, steadies it.
To hope for Paradise is to live in Paradise, a very different thing from actually getting there.
Donβt worry about achieving. Donβt worry about perfection. Just be there each moment as best you can.
You can either be informed and your own rulers, or you can be ignorant and have someone else, who is not ignorant, rule over you.
I was blessed with a sense of my own destiny. I have never sold myself short. I have never judged myself by other people's standards. I have always expected a great deal of myself, and if I fail, I fail myself. So failure or reversal does not bring out resentment in me because I cannot blame others for any misfortune that befalls me.
We all have this place in us, a place of strength, harmony and wisdom, but most of the time we don't live there How can we course-correct faster? How can we encourage each other to live in that place more?
Faithfulness and sincerity are the highest things.
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