Say to them, say to the down-keepers, the sun-slappers, the self-soilers, the harmony-hushers, " Even if you are not ready for dayit cannot always be night." You will be right. For that is the hard home-run. Live not for battles won. Live not for the-end-of-the-song. Live in the along.

Gwendolyn Brooks
About This Quote

This quotation is a reminder never to define yourself by the limits of what you have accomplished. The reality is that we can do anything we set our minds to. It is our attitude and our persistence that will determine whether we succeed or fail.

Source: Selected Poems

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