If you think you are beaten, you are;

If you think you dare not, you don't;

If you'd 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 fellows WILL-

It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're out outclassed, you are;

You've got to think high to rise.

You've just got-to-be sure of yourself

Before you can win the prize.

Life battles don't always go

To the strongest or faster man,

But sooner or later the man who wins

    Is the one who THINKS HE CAN

-anonymous

 

i found this book at work called lines to live by...i hope you don't mind me sharing some of it

Nothing Worthwhile Is Free

There's no free gate to anything worthwhile-not to skill nor health nor to success nor friendship, nor even to the lasting love and respect of those who are nearest and dearest to us.

These are the items that make up the best income that any human being can have, and the sum of that income will be measured by the sum of what we are willing to pay to get it.

you cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometime fight it out or parish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand??   -Robert Louis Stevenson