by Rudyard Kipling

    If you can keep your head when all about you

    Are losing theirs and blaming it on you；

    If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you，

    But make allowance for their doubting too；

    If you can wait and not be tired by waiting，

    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 you can dream——and not make dreams your master；

    If you can think——and not make thoughts your aim；

    If you can meet with triumph and disaster

    And treat those two impostors just the same；

    If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken

    Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools，

    Or watch the things you gave your life to broken，

    And stoop and build 'em up with wornout tools；

    If you can make one heap of all your winnings