When the road your 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 everyone 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 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 afar
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit
It's when things seem worse that you
musn't quit. -Edgar Guest
