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title: "21 Ifs Quotes By Rudyard Kipling"
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> [What stands if freedom fall?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/what-stands-if-freedom-fall/)

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> [What stands if Freedom fail? What dies of England live?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/what-stands-if-freedom-fail-what-dies-of-england-live/)

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> [Well, if I am a man, a man I must become.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/well-if-i-am-a-man-a-man-i-must-become/)

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> [If you can dream - and not make dreams your master.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-can-dream-and-not-make-dreams-your-master/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [But he couldn't lie if you paid him and he'd starve before he stole.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/but-he-couldn-t-lie-if-you-paid-him-and-he-d-starve-before-he-stole/)

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> [If you do not get what you want, it is a sure sign that you did not seriously want it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-do-not-get-what-you-want-it-is-a-sure-sign-that-you-did-not/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [If you can meet success and failure and treat them both as impostors, then you are a balanced man, my son.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-can-meet-success-and-failure-and-treat-them-both-as-impostors/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [If the aunt of the vicar has never touched liquor, watch out when she finds the Champagne.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-the-aunt-of-the-vicar-has-never-touched-liquor-watch-out-when-she/)

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> [Body and spirit I surrendered whole To harsh instructors and received a soul... If mortal man could change me through and through…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/body-and-spirit-i-surrendered-whole-to-harsh-instructors-and-received-2/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [Tis beauty, so to speak, nor good talk necessarily. It's just IT. Some women will stay in a man's memory if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/tis-beauty-so-to-speak-nor-good-talk-necessarily-it-s-just-it-some/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [But remember please, the Law by which we live, we are not built to comprehend a lie, we can neither love nor…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/but-remember-please-the-law-by-which-we-live-we-are-not-built-to/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [If you give someone more than they can do, they will do it. If you give them only what they can do,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-give-someone-more-than-they-can-do-they-will-do-it-if-you-give/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [If you want something and don't get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-want-something-and-don-t-get-it-there-are-only-two-reasons-you/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [If England was what England seems, An not the England of our dreams, But only putty, brass, an' paint, 'Ow quick we'd…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-england-was-what-england-seems-an-not-the-england-of-our-dreams/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [All the money in the world is no use to a man or his country if he spends it as fast as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/all-the-money-in-the-world-is-no-use-to-a-man-or-his-country-if-he/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/there-are-gems-of-wondrous-brightness-ofttimes-lying-at-our-feet-and/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [If I were hanged on the highest hill, Mother o’ mine, O mother o’ mine! I know whose love would follow me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-i-were-hanged-on-the-highest-hill-mother-o-mine-o-mother-o-mine-i-2/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [In the Carboniferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all, By robbing selected Peter to pay for collective Paul; But, though we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/in-the-carboniferous-epoch-we-were-promised-abundance-for-all-by/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [When the Cambrian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace. They swore, if we gave Them our weapons, that the wars of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/when-the-cambrian-measures-were-forming-they-promised-perpetual-peace/)

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> [If you can wait, and not be tired by waiting ... if you can dream, and not make dreams your master; if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-can-wait-and-not-be-tired-by-waiting-if-you-can-dream-and-not/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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> [“If a man brings a good mind to what he reads he may become, as it were, the spiritual descendant to some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-a-man-brings-a-good-mind-to-what-he-reads-he-may-become-as-it-were/)

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## Other authors on Ifs

## More by Rudyard Kipling

> [Borrow trouble for yourself, if that's your nature, but don't lend it to your neighbours.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/borrow-trouble-for-yourself-if-that-s-your-nature-but-don-t-lend-it/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [“I follow the Law—the Most Excellent Law.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/i-follow-the-law-the-most-excellent-law/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [Brothers and Sisters, I bid you beware Of giving your heart to a dog to tear.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/brothers-and-sisters-i-bid-you-beware-of-giving-your-heart-to-a-dog/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [O it's Tommy this, and Tommy that, and Tommy 'ow's your soul/But it's thin red line of heroes when the drums begin to roll.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/o-it-s-tommy-this-and-tommy-that-and-tommy-ow-s-your-soul-but-it-s/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [Believe the best of everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/believe-the-best-of-everybody/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [Oh, Adam was a gardener, and God who made him sees That half a proper gardener's work is done upon his knees, So when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/oh-adam-was-a-gardener-and-god-who-made-him-sees-that-half-a-proper/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [Adam was a gardener, and God, who made him, sees that half of all good gardening is done upon the knees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/adam-was-a-gardener-and-god-who-made-him-sees-that-half-of-all-good/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [Call a truce, then, to our labors - let us feast with friends and neighbors, and be merry as the custom of our caste;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/call-a-truce-then-to-our-labors-let-us-feast-with-friends-and/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [No one accuses the gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He serves as least three jealous gods-his horse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/no-one-accuses-the-gunner-of-maudlin-affection-for-anything-except/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [“One of these days, Strickland is going to write a little book on his experiences. That book will be worth buying; and even more,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/one-of-these-days-strickland-is-going-to-write-a-little-book-on-his/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [“Good work does not matter, because a man is judged by his worst output and another man takes all the credit of his best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/good-work-does-not-matter-because-a-man-is-judged-by-his-worst-output/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [“Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes, said Chuchundra, more sorrowfully than ever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/those-who-kill-snakes-get-killed-by-snakes-said-chuchundra-more/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [“Like everything else in the world, it is one man's work.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/like-everything-else-in-the-world-it-is-one-man-s-work/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [“Father Wolf looked on amazed. He had almost forgotten the days when he won Mother Wolf in fair fight from five other wolves, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/father-wolf-looked-on-amazed-he-had-almost-forgotten-the-days-when-he/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

> [If you want something and don't get it, there are only two reasons. You either really didn't want it, or you tried to bargain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rudyard-kipling/if-you-want-something-and-don-t-get-it-there-are-only-two-reasons-you/)

[Rudyard Kipling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rudyard-kipling/)

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