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

— Rudyard Kipling, A Doctor's Work, address at Middlesex Hospital (October 1908)

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.”

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

“When your Daemon is in charge, do not try to think consciously. Drift, wait, and obey.”

“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”

“Give us the tools and we will finish the job.”

“The fact is the sweetest dream that labor knows.”

“The poet shall not spend his time in unneeded work.”

“Make every effort to change things you do not like.”

“We hired truly great people and gave them the room to do great work.”