what would one need to keep waiting ? According to the poem if by rudyard kipling
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What does Rudyard Kipling say about waiting and dealing in lies in his poem "If"?
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According to the eNotes guide on the work, it is "a didactic poem, a work meant to give instruction. In this case, “If” serves as an instruction in several specific traits of a good leader." So consider each stanza to be a specialized set of advice for a young man trying to become great. Your question about the "waiting and dealing in lies" relates to the first stanza, so let's take a look at that specifically (available at poemhunter.com):
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;
When Kipling refers to "waiting," he isn't neccessarily talking about waiting for something specific, but rather the art of waiting in general. In other words, he's reinforcing the virtue of patience. He tells his pupil that if he can be patient with other people, with himself, and with waiting for things to happen, he will show himself to be a leader. This must be true patience, without resentment, for Kipling explicitly says that not only must the pupil "wait," but also "not be tired by waiting"
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