Submit to pressure from your peers and you move down to their level. <br />Speak up for your own beliefs and you invite them up to your level. <br />If you move with the crowd, you’ll get to further than the crowd. <br />When 40 million people believe in a dumb idea, it’s still a dumb idea. <br />Simply swimming with the tide leaves you nowhere. <br />So if you believe in something that’s good, honest, and bright--—stand up for it. <br />Maybe your peers will get smart and drift your way. <br /> <br />Within my earthly temple there's a crowd; <br />There's one of us that's humble, one that's proud, <br />There's one that's broken-hearted for his sins, <br />There's one that unrepentant sits and grins; <br />There's one that loves his neighbor as himself, <br />And one that cares for naught but fame and pelf. <br />From such corroding care I should be free <br />If I could once determine whish is me!<br /><br />Edward Sanford Martin<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/will-the-real-you-please-stand-up/
