It’s doing your work the best you can, And being just to your fellow-man; It’s making money, but holding friends, And staying true to your aims and ends; It’s figuring how and learning why, And looking forward and thinking high, And dreaming a little and doing much; It’s keeping always in closest touch With what is finest in word and deed; It’s going onward despite defeat, And fighting staunchly, but keeping sweet; It’s being clean and it’s playing fair; It’s laughing lightly at Dame Despair; It’s looking up to the stars above. And drinking deeply of life and love; It’s struggling on with the will to win, But taking loss with a cheerful grin; It’s sharing sorrow, and work, and mirth, And making better this good old earth; It’s serving, striving, through strain and stress; It’s doing your noblest…that’s success!
Author: Barton Braley
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