Don’t
Quit
When
things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When
the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When
the funds are low and the debts are high,
And
you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When
care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest,
if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life
is queer with its twists and turns,
As
every one of us sometimes learns,
And
many a failure turns about,
When
he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don’t
give up though the pace seems slow–
You
may succeed with another blow.
Often
the goal is nearer than,
It
seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often
the struggler has given up,
When
he might have captured the victor’s cup,
And
he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How
close he was to the golden crown.
Success
is failure turned inside out–
The
silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And
you never can tell how close you are,
It
may be near when it seems so far,
So
stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit–
It’s
when things seem worst that you must not quit.
---------Edgar Albert Guest
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