It's dong your work the best you can,
And being just to your fellow-man;
It's making money, but holding your friends,
And staying true to your aims and ends;
It's figuring how and learning why.
And know where the pitfalls lie;
It's dreaming a little and doing much;
It's always in closest touch,
With what is finest in world and deed;
It's being thorough, yet making speed,
It's daring blithely the field of chance;
With making labor a brave romance,
It's going onward despite defeat;
And fighting staunchly, but keeping sweet,
It's laughing lightly at great despair,
It's looking up at the stars above;
And drinking deeply of lie and love,
It's struggling on with a cheerful grin;
It's heeding the cry in the tempest din,
And making better this good old earth;
It's sharing sorrow, and work and mirth,
It's serving, striving, through strain and stress;
It's doing your nobles - that is success.
(Author Unknown)