Thoughts—Effort	
QUICK CHECK:
1. According to Wintle’s poem, what happens if 	
you think you are beaten?	
2. a) Where does success begin?  b) Sooner or  	
later, who wins?  c) Do you agree or disagree 
with this poem?  d) Give a reason why	
3. Hays:  What is the only way you can fail?
4. What is the root meaning of the word
 "succeed"?
5. Perot:  When do most people give up?
6.	 a)	In	the	poem	above,	why	did	the	first	frog		
drown?  b) What did the second frog do to keep 
from drowning?	
7. What happened to the cream because of the 	
second frog’s efforts?	
8. a) Do you think that a person’s extra efforts 	
without stopping to mutter or complain (like the  
second frog) cause unexpected and good results 
to happen?  b) Give a reason for your answer.	
If you think you are beaten, you are.
If you think you dare not, you don't!
If you want 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 the mind.
Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the man who thinks he can.
  —Walter Wintle
If	at	first	you	don’t	succeed,	try,	try,	
try again.    —William Hickson
There’s only one way you can 
fail — and that’s if you quit.     
  —Brian Hays
When you get right down to the root of the 
meaning	of	the	word	"succeed,"	you	find	that	it	
simply means to follow through.
    —F. W. Nichol
Most people give up just when they’re about to 
achieve success.  They quit on the one-yard line.  
They give up at the last minute of the game, one 
foot from a winning touchdown.
    —H. Ross Perot
Somebody said that it couldn’t be done
But he with a chuckle replied,
That "maybe it couldn’t," but he would be one
Who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
    —Edgar Guest
Don’t wait for your ship to come; swim out to it.
    —Author Unknown	
Two frogs fell into a can of cream —
Or so I’ve heard it told.
The sides of the can were shiny and steep,
The cream was deep and cold.
"Oh, what’s the use?" said Number 1,
"Tis fate — no help’s around —
Good-bye, my friend!  Good-bye, sad world!"
And weeping still, he drowned.
But Number 2 of sterner stuff,
Dogpaddled in surprise,	
The while he wiped his creamy face
And dried his creamy eyes.
"I’ll swim awhile, at least," he said —
Or so it has been said —
"It wouldn’t really help the world
If one more frog was dead."
An hour or two he kicked and swam —	
Not once he stopped to mutter,
But kicked and swam, and swam and 
kicked,
Then hopped out on top of the butter.	
   —Author Unknown
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