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"If" by Rudyard Kipling
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Author:  GoldenBoy [ Sun Aug 28, 2011 11:45 am ]
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'if' by rudyard 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 all 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!

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)
Author:  fufe [ Mon Aug 29, 2011 5:52 pm ]
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Great, I loved it.
Author:  peregrinus [ Mon Aug 29, 2011 11:05 pm ]
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If - Dennis Hopper Recites
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-TmC0MsM1o

An older, more pacey version - Dennis Hopper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=is1WlBBakUI

Classic piece of prose
Author:  GoldenBoy [ Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:27 pm ]
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I didn't want to put it in the comedy section so there he is : If by Unknown
Quote:
If you can start the day without caffeine,
If you can get going without pep pills,
If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains,
If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles,
If you can eat the same food everyday and be grateful for it,
If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time.
If you can overlook it when those you love take it out on you,
If you can take criticism and blame without resentment,
If you can ignore a friend's limited education and never correct him,
If you can resist treating a rich friend better than an poor friend,
If you can face the world without lies and deceit,
If you can conquer tension without medical help,
If you can relax without liquor,
If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,
If you can say honestly that deep in your heart you have no prejudice against creed, color, religion or politics,
THEN, my friend, you are almost as good as your dog.

Author Unknown
Author:  GoldenBoy [ Thu Oct 27, 2011 7:17 pm ]
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Libertas wrote:
Great poem! Really makes me feel somehow empowered
The first one or the last one ? :)
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