Don't Quit

When things go wrong,
as they sometimes will,
 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 its turns,
 As everyone of us
sometimes learns,

And many a failure
turns about
When they might have won,
 had they stuck it out.

Don't give up
though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed
with another blow.

Often the struggler
has given up
When he might have captured
the victors 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 so far;

So stick to the fight
when your hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst
that you must not quit!

               - Author unkown