I read this poem in Napolean Hill's famous book, Think and Grow Rich (a cheesy, get-rich-quick kind of title, but Hill actually interviewed over 40 millionaires to learn the common elements to their success) and thought it was perfect as a grown-up version of the Little Engine that Could.
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 is almost certain you won't.
If you think you'll lose, you're lost,
For out in the world we find,
Success begins with one's will
It's all in a state of mind.
If you think you are 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 man who thinks he can!
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