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Thinking by Walter D. Wintle 


If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you 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.

Full many a race is lost
E'er even a step is run
And many a coward fails 
E'er even the work is 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 win the prize. 

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later, the man who wins 
Is the man who thinks he can. 

by Walter D. Wintle

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This was one of my father's favorite poems, It hung in a frame on the wall in the home I grew up in. Over the years, I memorized it and it became my go-to mantra, driving me toward success on many occasions. When I read the words, I hear my father's voice. 

The two middle stanzas are left out whenever you see this poem digitally or in print. I'm not sure why and I cannot even find these two stanzas referenced or listed anywhere online. But they were in that framed copy, so I have included them here. 

Thanks, Walter for your words of encouragement. 

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**read man as human, if it bothers you. I choose not to get hung up on the word, man

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