Desktop Motivation

My hands were busy through the day; I didn’t have much time to play The little games you asked me to. I didn’t have much time for you. I’d wash your clothes, I’d sew and cook, But when you’d bring your picture book And ask me please to share your fun I’d say: “A little [...]

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 [...]

Figure it out for yourself, my lad, You’ve all that the greatest of men have had, Two arms, two hands, two legs, two eyes And a brain to use if you would be wise. With this equipment they all began, So start for the top and say, “I can.” Look them over, the wise and [...]

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Watch your words, for they become actions. Watch your actions, for they become habits. Watch your habits, for they become character. Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.

I bargained with life for a penny, And life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store; For life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once you have set the wages, Why, you must bear the task. I worked for a menial’s hire, [...]

Let others lead small lives, But not you. Let others argue over small things, But not you. Let others cry over small hurts, But not you. Let others leave their future In someone else’s hands, But not you.

When you get what you want in your struggle for self And the world makes you king for a day Just go to the mirror and look at yourself And see what that man has to say. For it isn’t your Father or Mother or wife Whose judgement upon you must pass. The fellow whose [...]