Don’t Quit Poem
This is the Don’t Quit Poem I was reminded of while thinking of something completely different today . For your benefit, here’s the poem. It’s one of the most beautiful, uplifting things I have read 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 everyone 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 might 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 afar; So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit; It’s when things seem worst that you mustn’t quit. Anonymous It’s great how such poems manage to touch the hearts of so many people, make them cry, make them think, give them the courage to go on ( it certainly gave me that faith ) , faith that things will turn out just fine. Thanks a ton to whoever wrote it. Thanks. You made a difference in my life.