Don’t Quit: Edgar Albert Guest.

Don't Quit - Edgar Albert Guest

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill, 
When 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 every one of us sometimes learns, 
And many a failure turns about 
When we might have won had we stuck it out.
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow, 
You may succeed with another blow. 

Often the goal is nearer than 
It seems to a faltering man. 
Often the struggler has given up 
When he might have captured the winner’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 lining of the clouds of doubt 
And you can never 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.

~ Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959)