Oratorical Piece: I will Persist Until I Succeed
I was not delivered unto this World in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I will hear not those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious. The slaughterhouse of failure is not my destiny.
The prizes of life are at the end of each journey, not near the beginning; and it is not given to me to know how many steps are necessary in order to reach my goal. Failure I may still encounter at the thousandth step, yet success hides behind the next bend in the road. Never will I know how close it lies unless I turn the corner.
I will be likened to the rain drop which washes away the mountain, the ant that devours a tiger, the star which brightens the earth, and the slave who builds a pyramid. I will build my castle one brick at a time for I know that small attempts, repeated, will complete any undertaking. I will persist until I succeed.
I will never consider defeat and I will remove from my vocabulary such words and phrases as quit, cannot, unable, impossible, out of the question, improbable, failure, unworkable, hopeless, and retreat. I will avoid despair but if this disease of the mind should infect me then I will work on in despair. I will toil and I will endure.
I will remember the ancient law of averages and I will bend it to my good. Each frown I meet only prepares me for the smile to come. Each misfortune I encounter I will carry in it the seed of tomorrow’s good luck. I must have the night to appreciate the day. I must fail often to succeed only once. I will persist until I succeed.
Never will I allow any day to end with a failure. Thus I will plant the seed of tomorrow’s success and gain an insurmountable advance over those who cease their labor at a prescribed time. When others cease their struggle, then mine will begin, and my harvest will be full.
Nor will I allow yesterday’s success to lull me into today’s complacency, for this is the greatest foundation of failure. I will forget the happenings of the day that is gone, whether they were good or bad, and greet the new sun with confidence that this will be the best day of my life.
So long as there is breath in me, that long will I persist? For I know one of the greatest principles of success – if I persist long enough, I will win.
I will persist! I will win!
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I love it.. this is exactly what I’m looking for..thanks a lot..:)
who is the author?
hi! you know what? my professor made an oratorical piece.. for me to use in our educ. week..and it was so aLike with ur piece..
awsome!..i absolutely like it.
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I really love the piece…
I got a high score in my presentaion
because of thise piece… thanks a lot.
Who is the Author of this?
The author, I think, is named Og Mandino.
that’s what i looking for and i memorize it!!..
i love it
can i borrow it for my speech class presentation??..hehe..it is so nice..tnx
` I really love the piece !
because of it ,
i got a high score during my
presentation !
a million thanks !
Exactly! This piece was written by Og Mandino in his book “The Greatest Salesman in the World”.Actually I had read the entire book and it is so nice.There’s a lot more that you can learn from it.Hope you will find some time to read it…
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I am the author of this book……..
this is really amazing….know that i love speech.
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its difficult to memorize,but i persist so i win…………..
i love it ! i will memorize it ..
it’s nice to read this piece again, i delivered this piece way back in the 90′s. i was like 12 years old at that time.
i love this oratorical piece!!!thanks for og mandino!!he make me a good orator of this!!!good bless og mandino!!!!!
can we use it in a declamation contest?
can we use it in a declamation contest?
pls answer me>>>>
yes, but it depends on how u deliver it
i’m gonna use this piece for the oratorical contest
im gonna use this for my performance..
GOOD LUCK TO ME!
thanks!
to the author
I’ll try to use this piece too.
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hope I would be able to memorize it all.
nice one! it symbolizes how to smile
awesome!!i will use this as my final practicum !!hehehe i really love it !! <3 tnx !!!!
copy paste !
awesome!!i will use this piece4 my final practicum !!hehehe i really love it !! <3 tnx !!!!
copy paste !
thank you for the piece! i very much like it…