IF by Rudyard Kipling (A Life Changing Poem)

if you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you but make allowance for their doubting too if you can wait and not be tired by waiting or being lied about don't deal in lies or being hated don't give way to hating and yet don't look too good nor talk too wise if you can dream and not make dreams your master if you can think and not make thoughts your aim if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat those two imposters just the same if you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools or watch the things you gave your life to broken and stoop and build them up with worn out tools if you could make one heap of all your winnings and risk it on one turn of pitch and toss and lose and start again at your beginnings and never breathe a word about your loss if you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them hold on if you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue or walk with kings nor lose the common touch if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you if all men count with you but none too much if you can fill the unforgiving minute with 60 seconds worth of distance run yours is the earth and everything that's in it and which is more you'll be a man my son you

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Published: Fri Oct 02 2020

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If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you; If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, But make allowance for their doubting too; If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, Or, being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or, being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise;

If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; If you can meet with triumph and disaster And treat those two impostors just the same; If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, Or watch the things you gave your life to broken, And stoop and build ’em up with wornout tools;

If you can make one heap of all your winnings And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, And lose, and start again at your beginnings And never breathe a word about your loss; If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on”;

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, Or walk with kings—nor lose the common touch; If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you; If all men count with you, but none too much; If you can fill the unforgiving minute With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run— Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son!

[u/ItsPickles]

My favorite poem

[u/big-bag-]

Inspiration stuff, thanks bunnyfucker

[u/econstantine]

One of my favorite poems.

[u/lickedcroissant]

yep, an age old classic

[u/Redz0ne]

/r/Stoicism's favourite poem (considering it gets posted almost weekly here.)

[u/Arizona_Ice_Tea_]

My grandfather gave this poem to my dad when he turned 18! Ever since I have found this out this poem has lived rent free in my head

[u/SyrupMaester]

My Dad incentivized my friends and I to memorize this in high school. Has served me so well over the past 12 years. A few of my friends that memorized it with me ended up having battles with cancer, they were cousins ironically. They speak pretty candidly about how the poem helped them maintain a positive perspective and handle the many battles that come with a war with cancer. "If you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat the two imposters just the same."

Has also helped me with the ladies!

[u/omoblonov]

Yes, this same poet and novelist Rudyard Kipling hailed Butcher of Amritsar, General Reginald Dyer, as “the man who saved India”. When Dyer was buried in 1927, Kipling sent a wreath with the inscription: “He did his duty as he saw it.”