"If" Poem by Rudyard Kipling - Wall Art

“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...”

Rudyard Kipling's classic definition of manhood continues through four paragraphs of excellent poetry. Here's a bucket list of aspirations worthy of memorizing by any young person.

The pdf download includes four slightly different styles of the same poem. Three are similarly styled but with different fonts for the title, and one has a cedar tree silhouette.

Great for

• Wall Art
• Notebook Covers (if your binder includes a clear plastic slot for inserting a cover)
• Memory Work
• Framing
• Graduation or Birthday Gift