SUCCESS - A Poem by Berton Braley: The Wallpaper

Strangely, the most viewed post on this blog so far is this post I made about the poem Invictus. It is a powerfully inspiring poem about confidence and courage. The most interactive post is this other one.

So, I decided to put up a few more poems starting with the poem Success by Berton Braley. The poem is simply awesome. If you're not used to reading inspiring poems, you're going to get a heavy jolt from this one. Put up the wallpaper on your laptop and get motivated every single time you turn it on.

Right click on the picture and select "Save Target As" or "Save Link As".

SUCCESS

If you want a thing bad enough 

To go out and fight for it, 

Work day and night for it, 

Give up your time and your peace and your sleep for it 

If only desire of it 

Makes you quite mad enough 

Never to tire of it, 

Makes you hold all other things tawdry and cheap for it 

If life seems all empty and useless without it 

And all that you scheme and you dream is about it, 

If gladly you'll sweat for it,

Fret for it, 

Plan for it, 

Lose all your terror of opposition for it, 

If you'll simply go after that thing that you want, 

With all your capacity, 

Strength and sagacity, 

Faith, hope and confidence, stern pertinacity, 

If neither cold poverty, famished and gaunt, 

Nor sickness nor pain 

Of body or brain 

Can turn you away from the thing that you want, 

If dogged and grim you besiege and beset it, 

You'll get it!

- Berton Braley