Anand Nataraj

I love this IF poem by Rudyard Kipling. This poem motivates me a lot and thanks to my friend Kaviraj for letting me know about this poem. 

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 worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breathe a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: ‘Hold on!’

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
‘ Or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch,
if neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much;
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And – which is more – you’ll be a Man, my son!

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RT @OhDarrenCriss: I don't want to analyze a poem for English. If it doesn't include 2 characters named Kurt and Blaine, I'm not interested. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:55:15 +0000

http://t.co/xLyC2AVF ... @akalamusic not sure if you've seen this yet but it's a remarkable poem. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:55:11 +0000

If I may have it when it's dead I will contented be; (Continue Reading this love poem by Emily Dickinson) http://t.co/wfK3Da7V Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:54:13 +0000

RT @OhDarrenCriss: I don't want to analyze a poem for English. If it doesn't include 2 characters named Kurt and Blaine, I'm not interested. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:53:40 +0000

I don't understand this poem ): .. What if I'm totally off track... Like honestly, how am I suppose to know if I'm right or wrong .... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:40 +0000

Great poem re: small farms! If nothing else, just read it! http://t.co/xTNJaZDl Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:51:05 +0000

RT @DianaRae_FL: Dear @MittRomney - Your fans dedicate this Poem, "If", by Rudyard Kipling to you http://t.co/jOvLpCOW | #tcot #ohgop #megop #migop #azgop Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:50:13 +0000

RT @OhDarrenCriss: I don't want to analyze a poem for English. If it doesn't include 2 characters named Kurt and Blaine, I'm not interested. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:49:26 +0000

RT @OhDarrenCriss: I don't want to analyze a poem for English. If it doesn't include 2 characters named Kurt and Blaine, I'm not interested. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:49:18 +0000

I don't want to analyze a poem for English. If it doesn't include 2 characters named Kurt and Blaine, I'm not interested. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:48:16 +0000

If you are in the mood for thinking: The Scholarly Scribe: Poem - Thoughts Evoked by Keats' Fears http://t.co/iJ9ApDJI Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:48:13 +0000

@sarahleaver I didn't know if it was confirmed haha. And yea what's better than commitment free? Best of both worlds. And I want a poem too Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:47:34 +0000

@AlbertoMendez96 i'll send the poem to you if you keep it a secret.. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:47:03 +0000

Dear @MittRomney - Your fans dedicate this Poem, "If", by Rudyard Kipling to you http://t.co/jOvLpCOW | #tcot #ohgop #megop #migop #azgop Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:47:02 +0000

I get out of class at 9:30-10.. if @koromone happens to say a poem tonight at the event and I miss it. .. @#$%&*-+!!!!!! Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:42:48 +0000

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