Somebody said that it couldn’t be done, but he with a chuckle replied
That maybe it couldn’t, but he would be one who wouldn’t say so till he’d tried.
So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin on his face. If he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing that couldn’t be done, and he did it.
There are thousands to tell you it cannot be done, there are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one, the dangers that wait to assail you.
But just buckle it in with a bit of a grin, just take off your coat and go to it;
Just start to sing as you tackle the thing that couldn’t be done, and you’ll do it.
- Edgar A. Guest
Love the quote and the post.
ReplyDeleteRichard Haydn, the voice of the Caterpillar in Disney's Alice in Wonderland, once appeared in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show. He mis-recited this poem and another classic work by Charles Mackay. In the show he called them "Perseverance" and "Courage." I didn't know their real names were "It Couldn't Be Done" and "The Giant." It took me a long time to find either one.
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