COURAGE -- Powerful Motivational Speech

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Courage isn't a brilliant dash

a daring deed in a moment's flash

it isn't an instantaneous thing born of

despair with a sudden spring it isn't a

creature of flickered hope

or the final tug at some slipping rope

but it's something deep in the soul of

man

that is working always to serve some

plan

courage isn't the last result in the

work of life or the game of sport

it isn't a thing that a man can call at

some future time when he's apt to fall

if he hasn't it now he will have it not

when the strain is great and the pace is

hot

for who would strive for a distant goal

must always have courage within his soul

courage isn't a dazzling light that

flashes and passes away from sight

it's a slow unwavering ingrained trait

with the patience to work and the

strength to wait

it's part of a man when his skies are

blue

it's part of him when he has work to do

the brave man never is freed of it he

has it when there is no need of it

courage was never designed for show it

isn't a thing that can come and go

it's written in victory and defeat and

every trial a man may meet

it is part of his hours his days and his

years

back of his smiles behind his tears

courage is more than a daring deed

it is the breath of life and a strong

man's creed

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there will always be something to do my

boy

there will always be wrongs to right

there will always be need for a manly

breed and men unafraid to fight

there will always be honor to guard my

boy there will always be hills to climb

and tasks to do and battles new

from now till the end of time

there will always be dangers to face my

boy there will always be goals to take

and men shall be tired when the roads

divide and proved by the choice they

make there will always be burdens to

bear my boy there will always be need to

pray

there will always be tears to the future

years

as loved ones are born away

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there will always be god to serve my boy

and always the flag above

they shall call to you until life is

through for courage and strength and

love

so these are the things i dream my boy

and have dreamed since your life began

that whatever befalls when the old world

calls it shall find you a sturdy man

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failure is ceasing to try

it is accepting defeat and to all you

may meet giving voice to a sigh

it is in thinking it vain to attempt

furthermore

and in bowing to pain when the muscles

grow sore

failure is stepping aside from the burnt

of the fray in a weak-hearted way

being content to abide in the shadows

that fall

and in being afraid

out of life after all

nothing is left to be made

failure is thinking despair the

forsaking of hope and the refusal to

cope with the day's round of care

it is in heeding the cry all is lost

and to stay with defeat and not try

for the happier day