Don't Quit

Life is queer with its twists and turns,

And every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a failure turns about,

When he/she might have won had he/she stuck it out,

Don't give up though the pace seems low,

You may succeed with another blow.

When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,

When the road you are trudging in seems an uphill,

When you need help and no one is there to give,

And when you want to smile but trouble arrives,

When you big up but stress is pressing you down a bit,

Rest if you must, but don't quit.

At times you feel you are down to nothing,

But remember that’s when the Almighty is up to something,

Pray and cease not the righteous way,

For the road to success, the only out highway,

Beckons at you more than you think,

Try harder and don't at all wink,

Persistence is the only ladder of the hustler.

Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint of clouds of doubt,

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near, it may be far,

So stick to the fight, when you are hardest hit,

It's when things seem worst that you must nit quit.

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