Booker T. Washington is a role model that demonstrates perseverance. Washington grew up during the time that the US was still segregrated. He was always eaver to learn. He had many obsticles in his life due to segregration but he pushed forward and kept going. He eventually became the principle of Tuskegee Institute.
Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out. -Robert Collier (Inc.,September 29,2014)
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts. -Winston Churchill (Inc.,September 29,2014)
I chose these two poems because they both say that I shouldn't quit but keep going. Even if there are a few obstacles, it is not an exuse to give up.
Don't Quit!
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're 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 its turns,
As every one 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 may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
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 so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
-Author Unknown (Arianna Merritt, 2010-2015)
I chose this poem becuse I learned that if it takes a long time to reach my goal, I need to keep going because I will eventually get there. Many obsticles will come so reaching my goal will take a little longer but if I keep going, I will still eventually reah my goal.
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you're 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 its turns,
As every one 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 may succeed with another blow.
Often the goal is nearer than,
It seems to a faint and faltering man,
Often the struggler has given up,
When he might have captured the victor's cup,
And he learned too late when the night slipped down,
How close he was to the golden crown.
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 so far,
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit-
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.
-Author Unknown (Arianna Merritt, 2010-2015)
I chose this poem becuse I learned that if it takes a long time to reach my goal, I need to keep going because I will eventually get there. Many obsticles will come so reaching my goal will take a little longer but if I keep going, I will still eventually reah my goal.