I'd Rather be a Failure

[Likwid24]

Came across this Poem today. Loved it and thought I'd share.

A poem by Edgar A. Guest

I'd Rather Be A Failure

________________________________________________ Title: I'd Rather Be A Failure Author: Edgar A. Guest [More Titles by Guest] I'd rather be a failure than the man who's never tried; I'd rather seek the mountain-top than always stand aside. Oh, let me hold some lofty dream and make my desperate fight, And though I fail I still shall know I tried to serve the right. The idlers line the ways of life and they are quick to sneer; They note the failing strength of man and greet it with a jeer; But there is something deep inside which scoffers fail to view-- They never see the glorious deed the failure tried to do. Some men there are who never leave the city's well-worn streets; They never know the dangers grim the bold adventurer meets; They never seek a better way nor serve a nobler plan; They never risk with failure to advance the cause of man. Oh, better 'tis to fail and fall in sorrow and despair, Than stand where all is safe and sure and never face a care; Yes, stamp me with the failure's brand and let men sneer at me, For though I've failed the Lord shall know the man I tried to be. [The end] Edgar A. Guest's poem: I'd Rather Be A Failure

 

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[Mark Audas]

My favorite poem to get my out of my comfort zone is IF by Kipling

IF you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too;
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
' Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!

 

[andviv]

Funny, I saw the thread title and that it was coming from you and thought "Oh boy... doesn't he know already that he CAN'T be a failure anymore after all he's accomplished?"

And then I saw what it was... thanks for sharing.

 

[1PercentStreet]

Funny, I saw the thread title and that it was coming from you and thought "Oh boy... doesn't he know already that he CAN'T be a failure anymore after all he's accomplished?"

And then I saw what it was... thanks for sharing.

I was seriously questioning the thread until I opened it lol. I thought... what is going on??

Great poem!

 

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[Likwid24]

lol. Sorry for the scare guys. Actually I have good news coming in my next update.

 

[Esquire]

Brings Teddy Roosevelt's Quote to Mind:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."

 

[andviv]

Actually I have good news coming in my next update.

so it WAS you partying with the Victoria's Secrets models, a Paint Brush Cover in one hand, a Dos Equis beer in the other, and the Most Interesting Man in the World kneeling in front of you recognizing your superiority?

I knew it!

 

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[Likwid24]

Hahahahaha. That's great! :greenapple: :banana: :jackson: :hammertime:

 

[andyredsox]

I was thinking... "What happened #@%&^?....." But then when I opened... " Am all hats off!"