“Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid.”

— Rudyard Kipling, The Light That Failed, ch. 11 (1890-1891)

About Rudyard Kipling

1865 – 1936

English writer and poet, Nobel laureate in Literature (1907), known for 'The Jungle Book' and the poem 'If—'.

“If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster and treat those two impostors just the same.”

“Enough work to do, and strength enough to do the work.”

“More men are killed by overwork than the importance of the world justifies.”

“When in doubt, tell the truth.”

“I never "worry" about action, but only about inaction.”

“The superior man has neither anxiety nor fear.”

“Nothing is so much to be feared as fear.”

“You really only know when you know little. Doubt grows with knowledge.”

“Let those flatter who fear; it is not an American art.”