Youth had been a habit of hers for so long, that she could not part with it

Quote by Rudyard Kipling

Topics: Habit Quotes

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Everyone is more or less mad on one point.

Gardens are not made by singing Oh, how beautiful, and sitting in the shade.

Gardens are not made by singing Oh, how beautiful, and sitting in the shade.

The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one

The sins ye do by two and two, ye must pay for, one by one

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

It's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and 'chuck 'im out, the brute,' But it's 'Savior...

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

An ounce of mother is worth a pound of clergy.

I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much...

I always prefer to believe in the best of everybody - it saves so much...

And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that...

And that is called paying the Dane-geld; but we've proved it again and again, that...

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Down to Gehenna, or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is...

Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is...

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago......

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

Never look backwards or you'll fall down the stairs.

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty...

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty...

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at...

Small miseries, like small debts, hit us in so many places, and meet us at...

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

He travels the fastest who travels alone.

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me...

If I were dammed of body and soul, I know whose prayers would make me...

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut...

When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut...