Don't Quit

Don't quit when the tide is lowest

For it's just about to turn.

Don't quit your doubts and questions,

For there's something you may learn.

Don't quit when the night is darkest.

For it's just a while until dawn.

Don't quit when you've run the farthest,

For the race is almost won.

Don't quit when the hill is steepest.

For your goal is almost nigh.

Don't quit, for you're not a failure

Until you fail to try.

©Gerard Haughey wrote this poem while he was working at a psych hospital.