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, you must - but don't you quit Life is queer with its twists and turns As everyone of us sometimes learns
And many a failure turns about When he might have won had he stuck it out Don't give up, though the pace seems slow You might succeed 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 worst, That you MUST NOT QUIT!
One of my favourites, had this bought me some years ago when I was trying to sell my house. It was printed on a post card which I framed and had on my window sill until the house finally sold some 3 and a bit years later (yes over 3 years on the market). The friend that bought it for me in my many hours of need and desperation is sadly no longer with us and he never got to hear me tell him that I had sold my property. The frame is currently packed as we are renting and waiting to find somewhere worthy of our money, thanks for posting this reminder not to quit as I miss seeing it but really don't want to unpack and hunt for it. -x-