please, dont quit

Don’t Quit

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you trudging seems all uphill,

When the fund are low, and the debts are high,

When care is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don’t you quit!

Life is a queer with its twist and turns,

As everyone of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he might have won he had stuck it out,

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow,

You may succeed with another blow.

Success is a failure turned inside out,

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you can never 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.

Clinton Howell

extracted from Chicken Soup for the Soul (The Unsinkable Soul)