Winners Never Quit
I met a man once who was clever and witty,
He could make up a story in a jiffy,
He told me he wrote a horror book,
But it got rejected after one look,
And I said:
Please do as you dream, I implore,
Find a different publisher that’ll like your lore,
Because quitters never win.
I met a little girl once who was kind and cute,
She used to do ballet but she got the boot,
Said she loved dancing but wasn’t talented,
She had no grace is what she said,
And I said:
Try again and you’ll be the best,
Don’t give up and you’ll be impressed,
Because quitters never win.
I met an elderly couple once who were in love,
They wanted to marry but didn’t have the shove,
They believed that a ceremony would make them ridicule,
And that they’d be known as old fools,
And I said:
Why should age stand between your fallen star?
You should be proud to show off who you are,
Because quitters never win.
Now I’m in a struggle to win my dream,
Everything is confusing and not as it seems,
But I know everything will turn out okay,
As long as I go hard every day,
Because I say:
Dreams can be won if you don’t quit on them,
You’ll win if you’re brave enough to balance on the hem,
Because quitters never win but winners never quit.
poem by Lenore Lee
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Winners never quit and quitters never win.
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You can never quit. Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
quote by Ted Turner
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Who has the heart and courage
Who has the heart
And courage
Wins at the end
To the top
We don't stop
Man was born with a vision
Through that his mission
Yes people ever did it great
But you can do it greater
There are people out there
Doing it good
You can do it better
There is none greater
And none is lesser
Everyone has it
But no one has has it
Make good use of your time
For who you become
Is beyond understanding
For that we still searching
Be who you are
Go as much as far
The storm might hit you
Life might be crooked to you
The battle might be sore
But be courageous
Be serious and get focus
For winners don't quit
And quitters don't win
For who has the heart
And courage
Wins at the end.
poem by Matt Ancient
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It Is Time To Say Something Briefly And Concisely
oh yes
since you asked
i accept
that sometimes
quitters
also win
a lot.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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A competitor will find a way to win. Competitors take bad breaks and use them to drive themselves just that much harder. Quitters take bad breaks and use them as reasons to give up. It's all a matter of pride.
quote by Nancy Lopez
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People who soar are those who refuse to sit back, sigh and wish things would change. They neither complain of their lot nor passively dream of some distant ship coming in. Rather, they visualize in their minds that they are not quitters they will not allow life's circumstances to push them down and hold them under.
quote by Charles R. Swindoll
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Guesses....
must i have to pretend
that the first one was true?
could be, most likely
could be, i nodded and then
i too, shook my head,
but granting
you think that it was true
and i must believe you
and then it was over
and then came the second time
just a game, people play games,
like kids, could be one of those games
i play, and i want to quit, but who can?
and it was over, and we want to forget it
just the same, the third one came
and with more experience
more meanings are tried to be
attached, like some strings,
and again, like all things with ends,
it too was over, we got it over and over again
and then, just like old things, we forget,
we tried to remember, but powerless
are we, we are not quitters, we are winners,
we keep saying, we are winners,
and then gray hairs occupied our
black territories, and then
we surrender, we accept, we forget
and we try to remember again
everything is over, like a game,
everything ends, like the world,
like life, befriending death
befriending everybody, saying yes and yes
and yes, and then we approach
the bed, and utter the last word,
thanks, it is over.
now, shall you leave me? i am at rest.
poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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Lazy Derrières
Visual success attracts!
It is the 'show and tell' aspect,
That gains respect many accept!
A lifetime of hard work,
And rejecting failure and disappointment...
Doesn't reflect on the brows of those who sweat!
As they clarify their 'visions' alone without regret!
To themselves,
Are the ones toiling on dreams to come!
Very few of them sit like quitters...
Expecting wishes to them appear!
Out of thin air!
To receive with flair.
As many who do this...
Complain of the wait,
On their spreading lazy derrières!
It takes more than talk,
To see a 'baby' from birth...
Crawl before it walks!
And proud of each step taken.
Before it realizes...
What can be achieved!
Awakened.
What can happen and be accomplished.
What these efforts produced...
Rewards will be received!
If one believes it 'IS' in reach!
If off of their behinds they leave to beseech!
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Choose Stand Tall
Who will stand tall
at appointed trashing table
chosen accounting time?
Who are the strong ones?
I am inherently far stronger
than quitters can choose to be.
I am strong enough to choose.
How I will choose to live.
How I will choose to die.
poem by Terence George Craddock
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I Cry
I cry, I cry, I cry
Tonight I do not lie
Tonight I do not fight
To be a man and hold it inside
I do not die but I do die
With each passing stab
With every walking away
With every summer soiled rain
That ruins my imperfect day
I try, I try, I try
To turn my world downside up
To keep me in your mind
No, not your memory hind
But you see me yet are blind
That though I be one of a kind
The sea be filled with finer fishes u can find
I swim as fast as I can into your net
Yet I drown and down I drown
I do try to succeed, but yeah do fail
I crawl, I walk, I run, then fall hard
Can't fly, you'll soon find why
Start again and complete the circle
I try to delet the byes from all
Who tried to love me
To drown my river in the world's ocean
I pry, I pry, I pry
How do you live your life?
How do I talk to Him and get an answer?
What do I fill this hollow being with?
I wanna know dear stranger
That I may live as men ought to
For I search for death more than life
My mind's splitting from my life
Taking a walk with my heart on the numb, numb side
Hoping someday to fly on the wild, wild side
Why, why, why
Do things never work out for me
Can't you love me
Don't you love me
Won't you love me
Do I drive everyone away
Do I hurt this way
Do I feel...why do I feel?
Lie, lie, lie
With each extra-grinned smile that reveal a dimple
With each try again, and winner's quote:
Quitters never win, winners never quit
Didn't quit, didn't win, just taking a swim
With each mask behind each write
You write about you? Right. Lie.
We'll never know
Truth please set this bird free
Caged by lies and guilt and wounds and what?
Born without wings
Lay a while with me before you fly
Before you own your sky
And shine your stars
Dry, dry, dry
My well's getting empty
No strength to draw the empty water
No glory in perfection's search
No light inside no more
No guts, no glory, more folly
More lonely, more, please no more
Bye, bye, bye
My last breath will be my happiest
Happiness, my happiest concept
My never experience
The sea is rising, the tides are high
My life was here, do you know it?
Did it touch you? Did it hurt you?
I'm sorry. For all I am. For all I've been.
For not knowing...how to live.
I cry, I cry, I cry
Crystallize my tears, frame my fears
And always keep me in mind
No, not your memory's hind
I am, was made for a reason
Till reason finds reason and finds me
Goodbye. Goodbye. Goodbye.
poem by Jenim Dibie
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Worth Every Mile
Written by Travis Tritt
The roads that we've traveled
Ain't always been easy
Lord knows we've both seen our share
Of troubles and trials
It's hard to believe
We made it so far together
But just between you and me darling
It was worth every mile
Chorus:
It was worth every storm
We had to weather
It was worth all the evenings
We cried together
When the going got toughest
I could count on your smile
And looking back now I can say
It was worth every mile
I know you and I both had our doubts
That we'd make it
But deep in the back of our minds
We knew all along
That love's not for quitters
So we kept ours moving
Oh and I think you'll have to agree
It was worth every mile
Chorus
And looking back now I can say
It was worth every mile
song performed by by Travis Tritt
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I Quit
i quit trying to save the world...
and just offered my hand,
and walked beside it.
i quit trying to find the truth,
for it was already within me.
i quit trying to tell anyone anything,
and just listened in perfect stillness.
i quit trying to be religious,
and found the sacred in the common.
i quit trying to stop the wars,
and let the wars within me end!
i quit trying to find god,
and just looked in the mirror.
i quit fighting for freedom,
and found a freedom they couldnt take.
i quit shouting out for justice,
and walked in a way that was just.
i quit wanting to own anything,
and so broke the final bonds.
i quit trying to be what they wanted,
and decided to be myself.
i quit blaming, condemning, and accusing,
and took the responsibility on myself.
i quit trying to make myself a name,
and walked in nobody's shoes.
i quit staring from behind the bars,
that were never really there.
i quit seeking to define and hold,
and just let go and lived.
i quit hiding from death, and opened the door,
and found the light from which darkness
is made!
poem by Eric Cockrell
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Winners Take All
Life's been good
Life's been bad
Now I know
What I had
Has taken it's toll on me
Yes we give
And we take
What we get
Is what we make
Believe that dreams come true
Life is crazy
We're not fools, no, no
The price is high
When you keep the score
Take your souls
And your goals
To the top
Together we stand
We won't take no more
Cause we're winners
And winners take all
Together we stand
We won't take no more
Cause we're winners
And winners take all
We have loved
Burned by fate
But for once
Set the record straight
Time does heal all wounds
You have laughed
We have cried
Paid our dues
Yes we're turned the tide
Mistakes are far and few
We need no guidance
Our aim is true
Down the road
There were many tolls
But we know
Cause we've grown
What we need
Together we stand
We won't take no more
Cause we're winners
And winners take all
Together we stand
We won't take no more
Cause we're winners
And winners take all
The price is high
When you keep the score
Take your souls
And your goals
To the top
Together we stand
We won't take no more
Cause we're winners
And winners take all
Together we stand
We won't take no more
Cause we're winners
And winners take all
Na, na, na-na-na na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na
Na, na, na-na-na na-na
Na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na, na
Na,
song performed by by Quiet Riot
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Finding My Love
I just told two publisher to find what I've been looking for
A poem the past
A poem so quaint
Won a contest
Published in a book
Lost in a fire
Her name I wrote hell hath fallen
In their lies the key to my soul
Written so long ago
Memories i will show
For behold its my gold
As pretty at the age of 16 it gleems
Liking a shinning star
It's all I want
Like a secret love
She was
I say just because
poem by Ace Of Black Hearts
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The Devil's Device
Rejoicing angels,
As the devils fly down,
Searching victims,
On earth to dwell.
Tempting the wicked,
the nod subdue,
Earth being reign,
Is the greatest plan,
The world of alone,
Is not a shield to withstand,
Quitters are the pessimistic,
In real world of comfort,
Where no one thinks of
to endure the faithfullness,
So difficult to destroy,
A family stood still,
Waiting for the hero to come,
And by luck, they destroyer,
Kneel again to God's plan
For He is willing to find out why.
Strengthen family through hard work,
a family untouched by the holy waiter,
For the family is the target
of their heart desire to ge away buying now neccesary.
poem by Susan T. Aparejo
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Sk8ter Boy
He was a boy, she was a girl can I make it anymore obvious?
He was a punk, she did ballet what more can I say?
He wanted her, she'd never tell secretly she wanted him as well
All of her friends stuck up their nose & they had a problem with his baggy clothes
(Chorus)
He was a sk8ter boy, she said see ya later boy he wasn't good enough for her, she had a pretty face but her head was up in space, she needed to come back down to earth.
Five years from now she sits at home, feeding the baby she's all alone, she turn on the t.v. guess who she sees sk8ter boy rockin' up MTV, she calls up her friends they already know, and they've all got tickets to see his show, she tags along and stands in the crowd, and looks up at the man that she turned down
(Chorus)
He was sk8ter boy, she said see ya later boy he wasn't good enough for her, now he's a superstar slammin' on his guitar does your pretty face see what he's worth (1 more time)
Sorry girl but you missed out, well tough luck that boys mine now, we are more than just good friends, this is how this story ends, to bad that you couldn't see, see the man that boy could be, there is more than meets the eye, I see the soul that is inside
He's just a boy, and I'm just a girl can I make it anymore obvious?
We are in love haven't you heard? How we rock each others world.
I'm with the sk8ter boy, I said see you later boy I'll be backstage after the show, I'll be at the studio singin' the song he wrote about a girl he used to know
(1 more time)
song performed by by Avril Lavigne
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My Broken Dream
I always had a sweet dream
A cute dream of being loved by a beautiful and cute girl
Slowly, I am getting older and older
When will I find the love of my life?
Is she even present in this world
Does such a girl exist?
As I love being in love
Although, love I do not have
Actually, I can never have love
Since, no girl wants to be in love with a nobody like me
All that I have managed to do, is to be a loser
Achieve I could nothing, not even love of a cute girl.
poem by Rohit Sapra
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I Didn't Mean To Turn You
Let you take me out
I knew what you were all about
But when I did
I wasn't tryin' to lead you on
Now you bring me home
And tell me goodnight's
Not enough for you
I'm sorry baby
I didn't mean to turn you on
You read me wrong
I wasn't trying to lead you on
I want a friend
I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
I know you
Expected a one night stand
When I refused
I knew you wouldn't understand
Boy I told you twice
I was only tryin' to be nice
Only tryin' to be nice
Oh
I didn't mean to turn you on
Oh I didn't mean to turn you on
Turn you on
Tell me why should I
Feel guilty cause I won't give
Guilty cause I won't give in
I didn't mean to turn you on
[repeat chorus]
You think that I'm a fool
Cause I wouldn't play by your rules
(I didn't mean to turn you on)
You don't stand a chance
All I want to do is dance with you
(I didn't mean to turn you on)
I told you twice
I was only tryin' to be nice
(I didn't mean to turn you on)
I loved you for a friend
But I guess this is the
End of our relationship
Cause I didn't mean to turn you on
I didn't mean to turn you on
Sorry.
[Repeat]
song performed by by Mariah Carey from Glitter
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Waiting For Magic
kiss me baby i'm snowwhite
sleeping in a coffin
waiting for you/waiting for magic
baby i'm snowwhite
sleeping in a coffin
waiting for you/waiting for magic
a man of the world but lost in a dream
you look at something from a different angle
but i exist i'm waiting for you
in a coffin made of glass
kiss me baby i'm attractive
baby get to know me
show who you are
give me that magic
baby i'm eternal
lying in a coffin
waiting for you
in your dream a girl is dancing
close to you (that girl is me)
once a witch made her sleep
but a prince will wake her up it's you
kiss me baby...
in the tale is the place to find her
reach out to get to know her
it means so much to me
the meaning of the book
o kiss me baby wake me up
o kiss me baby wake me up
join in the story of the fairytale
believe the dream you will not fail
o kiss me baby wake me up
kiss me baby...
waiting for magic it's what i do
waiting for magic for me and you to kiss me
baby wake me up
caught in a dream how lucky you are
you can see me i'm the girl behind you
so open your eyes and turn around
and watch me dancing join the fairytales
kiss me baby...
you cannot reach her on the planet
that the scientists want to call the earth
but if you use your imagination
you will see her
you will find her in your dreams
i see now shadows in my dreams
it is something so romantic
i can tell it's for real you'll see
song performed by by Ace Of Base
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