No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.
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Robert W. Service
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About Robert W. Service
Robert William Service was an English-born Canadian poet and writer, often called “The Bard of the Yukon" and "The Canadian Kipling". Born in Lancashire of Scottish descent, he was a bank clerk by trade, but spent long periods travelling in the west in the United States and Canada, often in poverty. When his bank sent him to the Yukon, he was inspired by tales of the Klondike Gold Rush, and wrote two poems, "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee", which showed remarkable a…
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Robert W. ServiceI have an intense dislike for artificial society. In France, one could lead a free life - to do what one wanted to do without interference or criticism from one's neighbors.
The only society I like is rough and tough, and the tougher the better. There's where you get down to bedrock and meet human people.
Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.
No man can be a failure if he thinks he's a success If he thinks he is a winner, then he is.