The things that haven’t been done before, Are the tasks worthwhile today; Are you one of the flock that follows, or Are you one that shall lead the way? Are you one of the timid souls that quail At the jeers of a doubting crew, Or dare you, whether you win or fail, Strike out for a goal that’s new?

I live this life as have the fates decreed.

Every thought and every act were to keep this home in tact.

The proof of a man is the danger test, It shows him up at his worst, or his best.

I’ll obey them in the winter when the doctors say to me I must give up ham and spinach, and obedient I’ll be. To relieve my indigestion in December they can try, But there’s none of them can stop me when it’s time for cherry pie.

Determination is the thing on which you can depend. It plods along without a swing, but gets there in the end.

Tomorrow – there’s no day so fair, It knows no sorrow; A day that banishes despair, Joy rules tomorrow.

The happy man is he who turns his soul Unto the light of joys that he can find; And pays each day its just demand of toll, But shuts the future troubles from his mind.

The timid and fearful first failures dismay, but the stout heart stays trying by night and by day. He values his failures as lessons that teach The one way to get to the goal he would reach.

You when the storm is raging – how do you face despair? It is you that the world discovers, whatever the clothes you wear.