DO NOT QUIT

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
when the road you are trudging on seems all uphill,
when 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 quit.

Success is failure turned inside out.
It is the silver line of the clouds of doubt.
If you quit, you can never tell how close you are or were from succeeding.
Success may be near when it seems afar.
So forge on even when you are hardest hit.
It's when things go wrong when you mustn't quit.

-adapted from a post-it in my notebook, author unknown