Motivational Monday

Monday Sunrise

Here is a poem from Walter D. Wintle to get you going on the right foot today.


Thinking

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don’t.
If you’d like to win, but think you can’t,
It’s almost a cinch you won’t.
If you think you’ll lose, you’re lost,
For out in the world we find
Success begins with a fellow’s will;
It’s all in the state of mind.

If you think you’re outclassed, you are;
You’ve got to think high to rise.
You’ve got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win a prize.
Life’s battles don’t always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But soon or late the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can.



(Unfortunately, very little is known about Walter D. Wintle except that he was a poet who lived in the late 19th and early 20th century. It has also been speculated that the name may be a pseudonym for a more well-know poet of the time.)