DON’T QUIT
MY FRIENDS YOU MUST NOT QUIT
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 DONT YOU QUIT
LIFE IS QUEER WITH ITS TWISTS AND TURNS
AS EVERONE OF US SOMETIMES LEARNS,
AND MANY A FAILURE TURNS ABOUT
WHEN HE MIGHT HAVE WON HAD HE STUCK IT OUT
DONT GIVE UP, THOUGH THE PACE SEEMS SLOW
YOU MAY SUCCEEDD WITH ANOTHER BLOW.
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 YOU’RE HARDEST HIT,
IT’S WHEN THINGS SEEM WORSE
THAT YOU MUST NOT QUIT.