Don’t Quit

This is for anyone out there who has ever doubted the wisdom of continuing their study of karate or, for that matter, any difficult endeavour in life. British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill once gave some sagely advice to a body of students; “Never Give Up! Never Give Up! Never Give Up!” To rephrase this in a more positive vein, I would recommend that you; “Always Keep Going! Always Keep Going! Always Keep Going!” The strange thing is that on balance it’s the things we don’t get to do in our lives that we regret rather than the things we do. I sincerely hope your personal study of karate is something you’ll look back on in later life with deep and abiding satisfaction.

Don’t Quit [Keep Going!]

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh.
When care is pressing you down a bit.
Rest, if you must, but don’t you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns.
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won had he stuck it out:
Don’t give up though the pace seems slow –
You may succeed with another blow.
Success is failure turned inside out –
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt.
And you never can tell how close you are.
It may be near when it seems so far:
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit
It’s when things seem worst that you must not quit.

Author Unknown