Thinking

If you think you are beaten, you are;
If you think you dare not, you don't.
If you'd like to win, but you think you can't,
It is almost a cinch- you won't.

If you think you'll lose, you've lost;
For out in this world we find
Success begins with a fellow's will
It's all in the state of mind.

If you think you're outclassed, you are;
You've got to think high to rise.
You've got to be sure of yourself before
You can ever win the prize.

Life's battles don't always go
To the stronger or faster man;
But sooner or later the man who wins
Is the one who thinks he can!

-Walter D. Wintle

The Mice in Council

Once all the mice gathered for a council to discuss ideas on escaping from the attacks of a cat. All the mice debated, discussed and many ideas came but they could not come to a consensus. At last a young mouse came up with an idea.

"If we fasten a bell around the cat's neck, the ringing of the bell will alert us. We will be saved from sudden attacks", said the young mouse.

"Brilliant idea!", everybody cheered. They all were happy on this clever idea and they all agreed upon the idea.

Then, an old mouse in the council stood up and said, "The idea is brilliant. But may I ask, who is the one to fasten the bell on the cat's neck?"

-Based on Aesop's fable