When the road you're trudging seems all up hill, <br />When the funds are low and the debts are high, <br />And you want to smile, but you have to sigh, <br />When care is pressing you down a bit, <br />Rest, if you must-But don't you quit. <br /> <br />Life is queer with its twists and turns, <br />As everyone of us sometimes learns, <br />And many a failure turns about <br />When he might have won had he stuck it out; <br />Don't give up, though the pace seems slow- <br />You Might succeed with another blow. <br /> <br />Often the goal is nearer than <br />It seems to a faint and faltering man, <br />Often the struggler has given up <br />When he might have captured the victor's cup. <br />And he learned too late, when the night slipped down, <br />How close he was to the golden crown. <br /> <br />Success is failure turned inside out- <br />The silver tint of the clouds of doubt - <br />And you never can tell how close you are; <br />It may be near when it seems afar; <br />So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit- <br />It's when things seem worst that you mustn't quit.<br /><br />Donald Yates<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/don-t-quit-12/
