You Can

If you think you are beaten, you are,

If you think you dare not, you don't,

If you like to win, but you think you can't,

It's almost a cinch you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost,

For out in the world you find

Success begins with a fellow's will;

It's all in the state of mind.

For many a race is lost

Ere ever a step is run;

And many a coward fails

Ere ever his work's begun.

Think big and your deeds will grow,

Think small and you'll fall behind,

Think that you can and you 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 sooner or later, the man who wins,

Is the fellow who knows, "I can."

~ C. W. Longenecker ~