IF.....

If U can Dream and not make Dreams your Master;
If U can Think and not make thoughts your aim;

If U can keep your head,When all about you are losing theirs and blaming it onyou;
If U can trust yourself when all men doubt ,But make allowance for their doubting too;

If U can meet the two - imposed triumph and failurejust the same,Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,Or, being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;

If U can talk to crowds and keep ur virtue,Or, walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch;
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt U;If all men count with you, but none too much;

If U can wait and not be tired of waiting;If U can fill the unforgiving minuteWith sixty seconds' worth of distance run -Yours is the Earth and Everthing THAT'S In It,
And - Which is more - YOU'LL BE A MAN, my Son!

- Rudyard Kipling.