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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Don't give up. Failure is not final!

Here's what a 20th century American poet Edgar Albert Guest had said about not quitting - 
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you are 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 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 can never tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you are hardest hit –
It’s when things get worse that you mustn’t quit!

Everybody has battles to fight  - some trivial, some severe and some deathly. But the key to success lives in not giving up until the light of success breaks through . It is endurance and perseverance through situations that seem tough and tiring that success is guaranteed. Last but not the least, a note to self on reminding that failure is never final.

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