Quotes About Courage

The big man had been wakened by the noise, and had fired both barrels of a shotgun into Nag just behind the hood.

Who has delivered us, who? Tell me his nest and his name. Rikki, the valiant, the true, Tikki, with eyeballs of flame, Rikk-tikki-tikki, the ivory-fanged, the hunter with eyeballs of flame!

Rudyard Kipling

Celé umÄ›ní tkví v tom, neukazovat se proti obzoru, jinak po tobÄ› stÃ…â"¢elí. ZapiÅ¡ si to za uÅ¡i, chlap?e. TÃ…â"¢eba míli si zajdi, jenom z?sta? schován.

color, from badger-colored veterans who could handle

There is no one to touch Jane when you're in a tight place.

Now, don't be angry after you've been afraid. That's the worst kind of cowardice

MOWGLI'S SONG (That He Sang at the Council Rock When He Danced On Shere Khan's Hide)

the others down by the melon bed." Nagaina spun clear round

I am alone on the grazing-grounds. Gray Brother, come to me! Come to me, Lone Wolf, for there is big game afoot!

Nag coiled himself down, coil by coil, round the bulge at the bottom of the water jar, and Rikki-tikki stayed still as death.

Ow! He is there. Ahoo! He is there. Under the feet of Rama lies the Lame One! Up, Shere Khan! Up and kill! Here is meat; break the necks of the bulls!

They did not hang medals, in those days, on all who by accident had heard a gun fired.

Lend me thy coat, Shere Khan. Lend me thy gay striped coat that I may go to the Council Rock.

Waters of the Waingunga, Shere Khan gives me his coat for the love that he bears me. Pull, Gray Brother! Pull, Akela! Heavy is the hide of Shere Khan.

Here Rikki-tikki interrupted, and the rest of the song is lost.)

Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki-tchk!

Sung in honor of Rikki-tikki-tavi)

I am two Mowglis, but the hide of Shere Khan is under my feet.

A brave heart and a courteous tongue, said he. They shall carry thee far through the jungle, Manling.

It is the hardest thing in the world to frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up from nose to tail with curiosity. The motto of all the mongoose family is "Run and find out," and Rikki-tikki was a true mongoose.

Rudyard Kipling

Quelle ronde debbono eseguirsi con qualunque tempo e sotto qualunque luce si possano avere lassù all'altezza di undicimila piedi, con la Morte per compagna sotto ogni piede. Rocce lucenti di ghiaccio, dove una scarpa dai chiodi logorati scivola una volta ed una volta sola.

Rudyard Kipling