Showing posts with label Succeeding. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Succeeding. Show all posts
If you can't be a pine at the top of the hill,
Be a shrub in the valley, but be
The best little shrub by the side of the hill
Be a bush if you can't be a tree.
We can't all be captains, so, we've got to be crew,
There's something for all of us here,
There's big work to do and there's lesser to do,
And the task we must do is the near.
If you can't be a highway then just be a trail,
If you can't be the sun, be a star,
It isn't by size that you win or fail,
Be the best of whatever you are.
****Douglas Malloch
Figure it out for yourself my lad,
you've all that the greatest men have had.
Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes;
and a brain to use if you would be wise.
With this equipment they all began,
So start from the top and say I can!
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Look them over the wise and great,
they take their food from the common plate;
And similar knives and forks they use,
With similar laces they tie their shoes.
The world considers them brave and smart,
But you've all they had when they made their start.
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You are the handicap you must face,
You are the one who must choose your place.
You must decide where you want to go;
How much you will study the truth to know.
God has equipped you for life; But he
let's you decide what you want to be.
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Courage must come from the soul within,
The man must furnish the will to win.
So figure it out for yourself my lad,
You were born with all that the great have had.
With your equipment they all began;
So get hold of yourself and say, I can!
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