Weekly Thought 5th July 2010 – Don’t Quit

Weekly Thought

5th July 2010

Don’t Quit

Thought you might like a quick poem about hanging in there when you feel that the only thing left to do is quit. A reminder, the only failure in this world is the failure not to participate.

Don’t Quit
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all up hill,

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,

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 A. Guest