<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384452" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>It Might Have Been</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">We will be what we could be. Do not say, <br>'It might have been, had not this, or that, or this.' <br>No fate can keep us from the chosen way; <br>He only might who is. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We will do what we could do. Do not dream <br>Chance leaves a hero, all uncrowned to grieve. <br>I hold, all men are greatly what they seem; <br>He does, who could achieve. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">We will climb where we could climb. Tell me not <br>Of adverse storms that kept thee from the height. <br>What eagle ever missed the peak he sought? <br>He always climbs who might. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I do not like the phrase 'It might have been!' <br>It lacks force, and life's best truths perverts: <br>For I believe we have, and reach, and win, <br>Whatever our deserts.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Ella+Wheeler+Wilcox">Ella Wheeler Wilcox</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=384452" data-title="It Might Have Been de Ella Wheeler Wilcox" data-description="We will be what we could be. Do not say, 'It might have been, had not this, or that, or this.' No fate can keep us from the chosen way; He only might who is. We will do what we could do. Do not dream Chance leaves a hero, all uncrowned to gr..."></div> </div> </div>

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