Keep striving: The winners are those who have striven

And fought for the prize that no idler hath won;

To the hands of the steadfast alone it is given,

And before it is gained, there is work to be done.

Keep climbing: The earnest and steadfast have scaled

The height where the pathway was rough to the feet;

But the faint-hearted faltered, and faltering, failed,

And sank down by the wayside in helpless defeat.

Keep hoping: The clouds hide the sun for a time,

But sooner or later they scatter and flee,

And the path glows like gold to the toilers who climb

 To the heights where men look over landscape and sea.

Keep onward right on, till the prize is attained;

 Front the future with courage, and obstacles fall.

By those, and those only, the victory’s gained

Who look not to self, but to God above all.

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