If by Rudyard Kipling

Another addition to my virtual commonplace book: I read "If" by Rudyard Kipling. It's a powerful poem that I believe every man should read and apply.
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Thank you for watching!

[@dylangous]

Any poem recommendations?

[@kaushal_kumar2422]

Vardaan mangunga nhi by Shivmangal Singh SUMAN ❤

[@tasha6934]

The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost My favourite one

[@ReformedAgnostic]

Any of Pablo Neruda's love sonnets. The man was a genius.

[@Singh-Shivam-YTube]

Bluebird by Charles Bukowski

[@CYI3ERPUNK]

Ozymandias - Percy Shelley luv the other suggestions as well , all greats =]

[@RavenTD46]

"If you can walk with kings, and not lose that common touch." Resonates with me, do not change who you are no matter who you are with.

[@dylangous]

I agree. One of my favourite lines as well.

[@robinclarke9978]

Kipling was a very great author who could reel of a poem almost to order, this is one of the world's best.

[@paraworth]

This poem was recited to me by a wonderful man of 75 when I was 25. I’m 62 now and hugely grateful to the man who first introduced me to “if” If you can meet triumph and disaster and treat these two imposters just the same

[@achyutsharma7]

They have this poem in our english book... I can finally be somewhat proud about reading something like this in my curriculum

[@agniparamar8791]

This same Rudyard Kipling had donated to General Dier fund when he was resposible for Jaliawala Bagh massacre.This is not something we should be proud of.His poem should be removed.There are many great english poets who are not as bigot as Rudyard and thier poem should be introduce in curriculum.

[@abhishekv4881]

​@@agniparamar8791You are weak and afraid.Thats all.

[@agniparamar8791]

You are afraid of knowing the real truth of your so called legendary poet.Rebuttal my point without judging me weak and afraid😃@@abhishekv4881

[@Shipley415]

​@@agniparamar8791*their

[@user-kw9hh6nj4x]

​@@agniparamar8791 proof?

[@kartikeyabhai8390]

This poem holds great significance for Indian Armed Forces......I framed copy of this very poem is in the cabin of every cadet in NATIONAL DEFENCE ACADEMY in Pune, who is training to be an officer of the Indian Navy, Army or Air Force.

[@stratostatic]

"Do you like Kipling?" "I don't know, I don't think I've ever Kipled."

[@michaelpalmieri7335]

I believe that's a line from an episode of "The Beverly Hillbillies."

[@georgeelder8415]

That's the most popular card/saying from around 1940.

[@strange_thing-arra-3692]

"If you can think and not make thoughts your aim" Made me have an epiphany

[@raulrostas7183]

Please explain.

[@Why_did_YouTube_add_handles]

@@raulrostas7183 Some people, in my case, in academia, force themselves to think for the sake of thinking when doing so is futile or excessive, so it rang a bell because I subconsciously did that.

[@strange_thing-arra-3692]

@@Why_did_KZbin_add_handlesthanks a ton you saved me from all the typing and you put the point forward perfectly

[@TheWizardOfTheFens]

When I left home at the age of 16 in 1975, my grandmother who raised me from the age of three gave me a parcel of”goodies” to take with me. Inside the box was a letter and a hand written copy of “If”. I carried it with me through 13 years of service, reading it often…I still have it - it’s in eight pieces now, having worn away at the folds, I don’t read it as much now as I used to, but I do believe that every boy should read it, digest it and try - as best you can - to live by its guidance.

[@loadeddiaper4216]

The struggles of manhood

[@neelanshukumar4308]

The white man's burden 😔

[@lumoborteidoku]

This poem succinctly captures the moment that I am in... Thanks for introducing it to middle-aged me in 2024 💪🏾🤩

[@marilynmccormick3731]

This has ALWAYS been my favorite poem.

[@jacksavage279]

One of my favorite poems of all time.

[@fuzzy-02]

"If you can dream and not make dreams your master" I'm half stuck here, struggling to move out. Slowly but surely tho!

[@ibrahimrashid8092]

crazy situation

[@dylangous]

You can do it bro.

[@bocajrs7628]

A fantastic poem. I first read it when I was in high school in the 1970s.

[@thisguy9400]

Thank you for sharing!

[@Randomynous01]

If i had a top 3 videos ive ever watched in my entire life and im over 40 , this would be one of them..

[@johnminshell7595]

I had this Poem on my wall as a Widowed Single Dad Struggling to Work with a Mortgage to pay bringing up two young children , times were hard but we all came thru with Flying Colours. We never leaned on the State .

[@scottjohnson676]

First time hearing it. If I never had heard it life would still be the same from now on.

[@terenceretter5049]

Sad.

[@EAPforever]

A very true and insightful observation. Well done Mr Kipling.👍

[@ayushikumari7368]

I have read this poem in my school in class 7 and now I am above 25 and I still remembers each and every line of this poem. Its just became my favorite one when I read it for the first time itself.

[@foxiepix5164]

I remember reading this poem when I was in my eight grade

[@stevestowell-virtue3781]

I read this poem when I was a young man. That was a long time back.

[@SineadC1996]

Beautiful!

[@betsyhall5094]

Very great poem!!! I don't know who is capable of this without a great amount of faith in Jesus Christ and God!!! Even then I feel it is probably near impossible!!! This is 2024-- True humility --what I see this Poem meaning is very hard to achieve, is a lost thing these days when only 1 opinion seems to be tolerated!!!! It is said equal rights, but what is real is total rule & only that!!!

[@eddiehyman3289]

Beautiful.

[@charlrichardengelbrecht5269]

This was prescribed literature in my first year at high school in 1973 or thereabouts. If you can keep your head while all others are losing theirs, you don't understand the problem.

[@dylangous]

Isn't it a good thing for someone to remain relatively calm when everyone else is panicking?

[@charlrichardengelbrecht5269]

@@dylangous That was a standing joke in South African military bands circa 1980.

[@SaviorGabriel]

​@@dylangous It certainly is, though it frustrates me to no end whenever I see the people around me panic over things they've constantly dealt with. I can't think of any problem in this world that was ever solved by panicking.

[@luisrathsam9436]

beautiful

[@darrylshamrock]

Wonderful!

[@sharatsharma8273]

Great one for life,IF you have read it & followed up on it!!

[@coljambla]

An absolute classic.

[@dylangous]

You are an absolute classic, bro.

[@mallikarjun.ssidanna2420]

Thnaks for posting this, iam soo glad that i have learnt most of this poems lessons in real life and hopefully understood some lessons, iam still learning and will ever be, i never knew this poem existed , iam in my 20s as well thank you

[@Akkodha-]

Good poem/portrait to add to my wall

[@AnkitaMalviya108]

so wise ❤

[@kevinwhelan9607]

Recommendations? 'somewhere I have never traveled, gladly beyond' (sic) by EE Cummings, 'nirvana' (sic) and 'the burning of the dream' both by Charles Bukowski, 'Ten Pence Story' by Simon Armitage, 'There are no boring people in this world' by Yevgeny Yevtoshanko, "Into My Heart" by AE Housman, 'in celebration of surviving' by Chuck Miller.

[@michaelmatthews5814]

I thought of this poem while I was reading Atlas Shrugged. I hadn't read it in a long time but something Ayn Rand wrote in her opus twitched a memory. Reading this brought back the entire poem to my conscience.

[@devilsparadise8883]

Thank you, i really enjoyed this

[@anandakrishnan45]

I had this poem to study in my 11th grade. It was my favourite back then…

[@ApatiEktetheimenos]

Nice job, Dylan. You know, that was a brilliant way to present this poem that I have always been too lazy to read. Now, I have read it and enjoyed it and I thank you! Its effort, and well done!

[@danxcastle5200]

Wow. 🎉

[@droptozro]

Brand New is what I remember mainly hearing this. But it's a great poem

[@chrislogan8283]

i love this poem, and also the poem about gunga din

[@Tangaroa775]

That was great

[@kevinwhelan9607]

Well read. My nephew James does a very fine rendition of it and off by heart too. Keep up the good work🎉

[@dylangous]

James sounds like a good lad. Cheers!

[@krishneshwars8815]

❤

[@R.Merkhet]

Immediate like!

[@dylangous]

Immediate heart!

[@williampalchak7574]

I've never met this man. How does he know me so well?

[@MrGilRoland]

Listen to the read of Michael Caine of this poem, astounding reading of an astounding poem.

[@ruidadgmailcanada8508]

Absolutely agree 👍

[@dylangous]

I agree bro. The age is his voice also adds layers of depth to his reading.

[@crusader2112]

Great poem and read. I just got GK Chesterton's Father Brown Complete Works. 👍

[@dylangous]

Oh man that's awesome. You're in for a treat!

[@crusader2112]

@@dylangous Thanks. Can't wait to read it.

[@greyone40]

I found a copy about ten years ago in used book store. Now, where did I put it?

[@SlavMarine]

Talk about finding the middle in life.

[@karankewatcc]

Thankyou

[@RM-lv9ng]

Very Stoic ideas.

[@dylangous]

Definitely!

[@maxstotto3594]

For present times, "The Gods of the Copybook Headings". Rudyard Kipling Regards

[@potatochips.24]

i had this in my school curriculum. i memorised this poem for my elocution contest too. i love this poem. those school day...i miss it.

[@sandeepsoni7269]

Subscribed

[@Cherb123456]

Thank you!

[@mikekolokowsky]

That’s a long list of things to aspire to. I might have done one of them once. So, here’s the question: if I’m not a real man, can I play in women’s sports?

[@JosephDeLuna-yj8vg]

My Kids Were Given A Copy Of This Poem!!!

[@jerrymerryweather8034]

Also read 'The Thousandth Man'.

[@AMANKUMAR-bt6cw]

It was in my class 12 English book.

[@das5813]

A better man than I Gungadin.

[@Molden95]

Oh, well... Too much to remember. I guess I'll never really know if I'm a man.

[@jimfritz2087]

I wonder if Roger Waters was inspired in some way when he wrote his song " IF" , for Pink Floyd .

[@funspot9520]

Watch things to be broken for which you have given your life, this line gives abyssal pain :-(

[@barbaramattson817]

DOOO, YOU ENJOY KIPLING? I DON'T KNOW, I NEVER KIPPLED!!

[@Mark73]

I knew which poem the thumbnail was talking about before I saw the title.

[@ShoutsWillEcho1]

That's a whole lot of Ifs

[@friendsandfamily100]

I love this poem, read by Jocko Williams, music by Akira the Don Search Akira the Don - "If" on youtube.

[@dylangous]

This is the best version imo. Thanks for sharing bro.

[@shubhamsaha1809]

That's how shashi tharoor speaks

[@Leadvest]

I mean ego death is an important step toward being effective, but you don't have to lose sight of dramatization, or lose the ability to emote. A man should be human first, and man second.

[@Haeyvl]

Ego death is a buzzword of the internet, really just propaganda people use to think you can rationalize hating the world and themselves.

[@seaque.]

This is pretty much stoicism.

[@aldomonti813]

Basically nobody on earth is a man, not even Kipling.

[@freesk8]

We hold up a goal, and we try to achieve it. This makes us men, even if we fall short, as we nearly always do.

[@dylangous]

I agree. The point of an ideal is to strive for it, even if we know we will fail.

[@kamanuvidiluis3952]

Ouch

[@LoveTexasToast]

did you miss the message?

[@kamanuvidiluis3952]

@@LoveTexasToast no. I felt it

[@rusalkin]

@@kamanuvidiluis3952 particularly the "white mans burden" part :) but then again who cares - wisdom knows no race

[@jasonholmes6543]

IF you can artfully sidestep this broken wisdom - you'll not have wasted your life, and possibly be a decent a human being

[@dylangous]

What about the wisdom do you think is broken? (genuine question btw)

[@birdofevil7970]

You are a Liberal. Liberals admire Dylan Mulvaney not Rudyard Kipling.

[@justsomeguy4260]

01:03 you sussy baka

[@isaacserban7223]

el xokas

[@soniawagenmanngrundies1787]

What about the women?

[@motoflyte]

a 'chonts' ?

[@dylangous]

A "chance" - South African accent.

[@dogsbd]

And here we are some 130 years later not knowing what a man or a woman is any longer.

[@dylangous]

Praying for your country bro

[@abbush2921]

Why ?

[@johnslaughter5475]

I don't need the text.

[@Randomynous01]

That Philosopher believes in God

[@rogerp4612]

Why is this exclusively of benefit to men?

[@dylangous]

It isn't. But the poem is a Father speaking to his son about manhood.

[@rogerp4612]

@@dylangous which I presume could be read as easily by a woman as by a man.

[@dylangous]

Of course. @@rogerp4612

[@WilliamRichards-tm1jm]

Sounds like he has read the Bible...

[@freesk8]

People used to do that a lot back then...

[@BewareTheCarpenter]

Trump fits this.

[@williamrbuchanan4153]

Sounds like a ego boost to pride for soldiers eyes all about you as it was in the era .Death of others despair to ignore. Life of a soldier can’t do more, but it was all before. It is not now and that is how we must vow to not let it be as the past we see. Millions destroy by greed of innocents to satisfy a greed of the minority who are , not in need. Bible says Unite, not religion, but I must admit, that it is right.

[@snowman333-]

I so enjoyed Riki Tiki Tavi but was terribly bothered by his bigotry. I see he was also a hypocrite.

[@justinjex1]

Micheal Caine read this sooo much better.

[@dylangous]

Of course! He's Micheal Caine 😄

[@linux_b1969]

This poem is too caught up with what is considered honorable. "Don't panic, don't complain, don't rely on others"... This way of living seems both tiring and isolating, and removes humanity from life.

[@jonathanlewis453]

Abandoned values from a life more functional than our own. We are learning a lesson at present. Some are slower than others in apprising what it is.

[@ceannscriteach81]

These are all all virtues I have had to learn as I’ve moved through my life (I’m 43), following them has worked for me as complaining gets you nowhere bar wasting time and energy while the reason for complaining will still in most cases still exist. Panicking doesn’t help alleviate a situation which has arisen and usually encourages a rash and regrettable reaction that leads to bigger problems to have to panic about. Relying on other people inevitably leads to disappointment at some stage, usually when least expected. I am not by any stretch a negative person or an isolated individual and am glad to accept help when offered but life so far has dictated that panic and complaining are no good and gets you nowhere fast and relying on other people leaves you weak and vulnerable.

[@thomasjamison2050]

Kipling.... If...... Yes. if only Rudyard hadn't pulled strings to get his son with poor eyesight into the infantry after being turned down by both the Navy and the Army officer school for having poor eyesight. But at least John didn't suffer for long as he was more or less killed right away at Loos.

[@themadhanna]

My favourite poem is by Emmanuel Hudson. It reads; Roses are red, violets are blue, let's have sex.

[@kinershah464]

Thats deep. Something I would not expect to be in a kids English textbook. Last line is a bit disagreeable you wont be a man, you will be a monster.

[@freesk8]

A man should not be weak and mild and peaceful all the time. A man should be powerful and dangerous, but under control.

[@dylangous]

...better to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war.

[@samherrick5920]

When did Mfs stop being called whimsical names like Rudyard Kipling?

[@parrotshootist3004]

Such men are gone. Crowing about hard men and soft, shirking deeds as they go.

[@kts6925]

Message of the poem has a touch from Bhagwat Gita teaching

[@jakubwrona2040]

Beautiful.