ALL IN THE STATE OF MIND

If you think you're beaten, you are
If you think you dare not, you don't
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't
It's almost a cinch you won't
If you think you'll lose you're lost.
For out in the world you find
Success begins with a fellows will,
It's all in the state of mind.

For many a race is lost
'Ore ever a step is run;
And many a coward fails
Over the work he didn't begin.
Think big and your deeds will grow:
Think small, and you will fall behind:
Think you can and you will.
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are:
You've got to think high to rise
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can win a prize.
Life's battles don't always go away
To the stronger or the faster man,
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the fellow who thinks he can.

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