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 you quit.

Life is queer with its twists and turns
As everyone of us sometimes learns;
And many a fellow turns about
When he might have won if he’d stuck to it;
Don’t give up, though the peace seems slow;
You may succeed with another blow.

Often the goal is nearer than it seems,
To a faint and faltering man;
Often the struggle was given up
When he might have captured the victor’s cup;
And he learned too late when the night came down
How close he was to the golden crown.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubts,
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar,
So stick to the fight when you are at hardest hit,
Its when things seem worse that you mustn’t quit.