Poems about Winning

1. To Win or To Lose in Life
   Poem by Catherine Pulsifer
   
   To win you will have perseverance
   To lose you give up easily.
   
   To win you will have a passion for what you do
   To lose you would rather be doing something else.
   
   To win you believe in yourself
   To lose you constantly doubt yourself.
   
   To win you make the decisions and do it
   To lose you are wishy-washy, never fully committing.
   
   To win you have enthusiasm for what you do
   To lose you are mediocre and not excitable.
   
   To win you demonstrate optimism by finding solutions
   To lose you can only see the problems.
   
   To win you have to focus, you keep moving forward
   To lose you are all over the map, stepping back more than forward.
   
   To win you take the risks
   To lose you are risk-averse.
   
   To win you overcome the challenges presented
   To lose you let the challenges overcome you.
   
   To win you demonstrate a positive attitude, seeing the good
   To lose you demonstrate a negative attitude.
   
   To win you find the opportunities
   To lose you wait for the opportunity.
   
   To win you use your time efficiently and effectively
   To lose you procrastinate.
   
   To win you set your goals, you take action, you set deadlines
   To lose you think about it but never set concrete plans.
   
   To win in life you choose your attitude
   To lose in life you also choose your attitude.
   
   Be a winner in life!




Attitude Poems



2. Make One More Plunge
   Poet: David V. Bush
   
   If first you haven't learned to swim,
   You're facing life with prospects dim;
   You've lost your nerve and missed your stride,
   And oft may wish you could have died.
   But if you swim, life's tide will still
   Convey you through each trying ill ;
   Fear not, when stopped, again to lunge -
   Stand up and make another plunge.
   
   The swimmer who would gain renown
   Must sometimes sink, be oft cast down;
   Must swallow water, gulp and choke,
   Before he learns the steady stroke.
   But soon he's safe in that calm sea
   Wherein lie rest and victory.
   If you have sunk, try once again -
   Stand up and plunge into the main!
   
   Before the swimmer learns to float,
   He hovers near some friendly boat.
   And looking 'round with anxious eye
   Cries out for help when waves are high.
   But when he finds no boat at hand
   He paddles hard and gains the land;
   So though in troubles to your chin,
   Strike out with all your might - and win!




Don't Quit Poem



3. Keep-A-Trying
   Poet: Nixon Waterman
   
   Till at last we own the prize
   That belongs to him who tries
   With faith undying;
   Own the prize that all may win
   Who, with hope, through thick and thin
   Keep a-trying.




4. Work Wins
   Poet: Lord Reading
   
   Know what you want.
   Keep your mind always on it.
   Face facts, but remember there is always a bright side.
   Above all, keep the tightest control of yourself.
   Remember that work wins in the end.
   No success is won without it.
   No success is worth having unless honorably earned.




Poems About Work



5. Success
   Poet: W.J.M.
   
   Success consists in doing well
   the menial tasks each day;
   The hero in life's battle stern,
   Must win the petty fray.




6. It Can't Be Done
   Poet: Unknown
   
   The man who misses all the fun
   Is he who says, "It can't be done."
   In solemn pride he stands aloof
   And greets each venture with reproof.
   
   Had he the power he'd efface
   The history of the human race;
   We'd have no radio or trolley cars,
   No streets lit by electric stars;
   No telegraph nor telephone,
   We'd linger in the age of stone.
   
   The world would sleep if things were run
   By men who say, "It can't be done."




Poems of Encouragement



7. The Winning Salesman
   Poet: David V. Bush
   
   Most men are worth just what they bring,
   And he is worth the fewest pence,
   Who comes back to the boss and whines,
   "I couldn't get an audience!"
   
   Big things turn up when they are turned,
   And difficulty's no defense;
   Go back where once they turned you down,
   And firmly seek an audience!
   
   No stern rebuff or courteous slip
   Should fail a man of grit and sense,
   And if you keep your head and nerve
   You'll surely get an audience!
   
   The greatest men in every sphere
   Fail often - but straightway commence
   To try once more, and in the end
   They always get an audience!
   
   So take your knocks just like a man;
   Somehow, you too, can leap the fence!
   If one way fails, another wins -
   Go back and get your audience!




Poems About Failure



8. Workers And Winners
   Poet: Eben S. Rexford
   
   Keep striving: the winners are those who have striven
   And fought for the prize that no idler has won;
   To the hands of the steadfast alone it is given,
   And before it is gained there is work to be done.
   
   Keep climbing: the earnest and steadfast have scaled
   The height where the path-way was rough to the feet;
   But the faint-hearted faltered, and faltering failed,
   And sank down by the way-side in hopeless defeat.
   
   Keep hoping: the clouds hide the sun for a time,
   But sooner or later they scatter and flee,
   And the path glows like gold to the toilers who climb
   To the height where men look over landscape and sea.
   
   Keep onward - right on, till the prize is attained;
   Front the future with courage, and obstacles fall.
   By those, and those only, the victory's gained
   Who keep faith in themselves and the God over all.




Christian Poems



9. He Earned His Way
   Poet: Edgar A. Guest
   
   He rose unto the heights of fame
   And with the great men stood,
   He heard the people cheer his name
   And speak of him as good.
   Success at last he had attained
   By toiling day by day;
   His father's name was unprofaned,
   His crest of honor was unstained,
   He earned his way.
   
   He had not sought the easy road
   Nor tried a doubtful scheme,
   But he had borne his heavy load
   Up hill and over stream.
   He had not stooped to do a wrong
   That might not be unlearned;
   But though die way at times seemed long
   He plodded on with courage strong
   And every victory earned.
   
   He heard men whisper in the night,
   That venturing disgrace,
   And stepping from the path of right
   But hiding every trace.
   Were all he had to do to win.
   That honor could be feigned.
   But still he kept a lifted chin.
   Filled with the holy thought within.
   To earn whatever he gained.
   
   He rose unto the heights of fame,
   And with the great men stood;
   He never compromised with shame,
   Nor bartered what was good.
   With head erect he toiled along.
   With clean hands for the fray.
   He heard the gossip of the throng
   That many profited by wrong.
   But earned his way.




Success Poem



10. I Will
    Poet: Evelyn P. Marsh
    
    It is the strong "I will" that wins the day.
    I will do my part in this great work.
    If others fail, I will succeed!
    
    Such a spirit as this has won victories,
    And will win for you in the ranks of those
    Worthy to be called sons and daughters of the King.
    
    Pray for a spirit of consecration, that we may be
    Willing to pour out our lives, our all, at His feet,
    And then go forth Spirit-filled, conquering and to conquer!




Quotes On Winning



11. We'll Make It Through
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
    
    We travel down a long and winding road,
    Sometimes we can feel so low;
    Life's ups and downs can oft time corrode,
    Those defeats that seem to grow.
    
    But if push on with courage and tenacity,
    Battle through those draining lows;
    Victorious success will come for sure one day,
    It's the spirit within us that knows.
    
    Though it's true winning has its hard times too,
    In the end, hope will remain;
    By pushing onward we'll always make it through,
    Have faith in life after defeat's refrain.




Poems about Defeat



12. Win or Defeat
    Poet: Catherine Pulsifer
    
    How do you win when you face defeat?
    You will never win if you retreat
    You will never win if you just take a back seat.
    
    Defeat can be a disappointing thing
    But always remember the lessons it brings
    So stand back and realize it is not an ending.
    
    Then with a winning attitude
    Move forward with fortitude
    Apply the lessons learned then substitute.
    
    A winner has a determined view
    They don't sit and stew
    They look for ways that are new.
    
    A winner has perseverance too
    They believe they can do.
    They will find a way through.
    
    A winner believes it can be done
    They don't accept defeat, no none.
    They pray to God for help from above.
    
    So in the end, defeat may appear
    But a winner knows success is near
    They find a way around the issue.
    
    And in the end defeat disappears.
    That is not to say a winner has no fears
    But they constantly push forward to a win that is clear.