Winner's Creed

If you think you’re beaten you are,

If you think you dare not you don’t;

If you’d like to win but think you can’t

It’s almost certain you won’t.

If you think you’ll lose you will,

For out in the world we find

Success begins with a person’s faith;

It’s all in the state of mind.

Life’s battles don’t always go

To the stronger or faster hand;

But sooner or later the one who wins

Is the one who thinks “I can”.

Don’t Quit

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
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 don’t quit.

Life is strange with it’s twists and turns,
As everyone of us sometimes learns,
But many a failure may have turned about,
And you might have won had you stuck it out,
So don’t give up though the pace seems slow,
For you may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint in 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 go wrong that you mustn’t quit.