“Don’t Quit by Author Unknown”
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 fellow 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 came down, how close he was to the golden
Success is failure turned inside out— the silver tint of the clouds of doubt, and
when you never can tell how close you are, it may be near when it seems afar;
so stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit— it’s when things seem worst, you
must not quit.
