"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."
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