Här kommer en bra dikt som jag fick från Harald Blom, lärare i affärsredovisning....

All inte the state of mind

If you think you are beaten you are
if you think you dare not you do not
if you would like to win but think you can not
it is almost a chinch that you will not
if you think you will loose-you have lost
for in the world you find
sucess begins with a fellow's will
it is all in the state of mind

full many a race is lost
ere ever a step is run
and many a coward fails
ere ever his work's begun
think big and your deeds will grow
think small and you will fall behind
think that you can and you will
it is all in the state of mind

if you think you are outclassed-you are
you have to think high to rise
you have got to be sure of yourself before
you can ever win a price
life's battle don't allways go
to the stronger or fastest man
but soon-or late-the man who wins
is the fellow who-thinks he can

För er som inte fattar engelska så bra
beaten: slagen
dare: vågar
almost a chin: så gott som säkert
ere: where,var
coward: ynkrygg