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
Till the master of all good workmen shall set us to work anew.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the hope and anticipation of being given purpose and direction in our endeavors by a higher power or source.
Rudyard Kipling's quote suggests that until a greater force or master, who embodies excellence in craft and work, directs us towards new tasks, we remain in a state of waiting. It reflects the human desire for guidance and the inspiration that comes from engaging in meaningful work under the tutelage of someone with profound wisdom and skills.
In practice
In a motivational speech about finding one's calling in life.
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.
I'm always looking for something new: a new inspiration, a new philosophy, a new way to look at something, new talent.
No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.
I take no pride in hopeless longing; I wouldn't hold a stillborn aspiration. I'd want to have it, to make it, to live it.
O never star Was lost; here We all aspire to heaven and there is heaven Above us. If I stoop Into a dark tremendous sea of cloud, It is but for a time; I press God's lamp Close to my breast; its splendor soon or late Will pierce the gloom. I shall emerge some day.
Hope has never trickled down, it has always sprung up.
I grew up in a town of 30,000 people, and 'Queer Eye' was a beacon of light.
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