Poem if if at First You Dont Succeed

"If at first you don't succeed…"

THE LEGENDARY MOTIVATIONAL Proverb: "'Tis a lesson you should heed: Effort, try again. If at offset yous don't succeed, Try, try over again."        Popularized past William Edward Hickson (1803-1870)        British philanthropist, music scholar and educational author        Lyrics from the first verse of the song "Perseverance; Or Try Again," printed in Hickson's book The Singing Main (1836)        The saying "If at get-go yous don't succeed, endeavor, endeavour again" comes from the initial stanza of a work that began appearing in British and American books in the tardily 1830s and early 1840s, sometimes as song lyrics and sometimes every bit a poem. Some sources claim it was coined by the British-built-in American publisher and writer Thomas H. Palmer (1922-1861). Palmer did include what he cited as a poem with those lines in a teacher's transmission he published in 1840, as did several other guides for teachers published around the same time. But the same "poem" had previously been published in 1836 every bit the lyrics of the song "Perseverance; Or Endeavour Again" past William Edward Hickson, in his book The Singing Master. Hickson wrote lyrics for a number of songs during his lifetime, most famously an updated version of the British national anthem "God Save the King." However, his book The Singing Master reprinted the lyrics of many existing songs for children, including popular plant nursery rhymes that had been put to music. So, the "Perseverance" song, with the famed motivational saying in its outset verse, may simply take been recorded rather than created by Hickson.

W.C. FIELDS' LEGENDARY COUNTERQUOTE: "If at first yous don't succeed, try, effort again. Then quit. In that location'due south no use beingness a damn fool nigh it."        Attributed to Westward.C. Fields (1880-1946)        American comedian and actor        Variations of this sardonic quip have been attributed to Fields since at least September 1949, when the version above was cited by Reader'due south Digest mag. Oft, it's given without the word "In that location'south." Sometimes "no use" is replaced past "no point." If Fields did actually say one of these versions, it may have been a quip he uttered in real life, since it does not seem to exist a line from any of his films.

THE PETER PRINCIPLE Awarding: "If at start you don't succeed, you lot may exist at your level of incompetence already." Dr. Laurence J. Peter        Canadian professor and author, best known for creating "The Peter Principle" and writing the book of the same name (with Raymond Hull)        This maxim is widely attributed to Peter, merely without a specific source. Information technology does non seem to be in any of the editions of his popular book The Peter Principle, which was first published in 1969 and has remained in print ever since. The book does include the variation "If at showtime you don't succeed, try something else" — which he may accept stolen from the Fifties tv Western Bohemian.

PAPPY MAVERICK'S WISDOM: "As my old Pappy used to say, 'If at get-go you don't succeed, try something else.'" Bret Maverick (actor James Garner)        The line higher up is one of the many sayings Bret attributed to his father Beau Maverick in various episodes of the archetype American Tv Western, Maverick , which ran from 1957 to 1962.        Other $.25 of wisdom Bret cited as things "my onetime Pappy used to say" include: "...a homo does what he has to do, if he can't go out of information technology."             "...human is the only animal yous can pare more than once."             "...never play in a rigged game, unless y'all rig it yourself."             "...never cry over spilled milk; it could've been whiskey."             "...early to bed and early to rise is the curse of the working class."             "...if the Lord had more respect for money, He would have given information technology to a higher course of people."

THE SKYDIVING SURVIVAL Proverb: "If at first y'all don't succeed then skydiving definitely isn't for you." Steven Wright        American comedian        This dry joke is usually attributed to Wright, who apparently used it in his stand-up routine. However, another version is commonly attributed to comedian Henny Youngman, and other variations take long been popular amidst skydiving enthusiasts, suggesting that information technology may be have been, er, floating around for many the years.        Wright is likewise commonly credited with another practiced "effort again" takeoff: "If at first yous don't succeed, destroy all prove that you lot tried."

THE HUSBANDS SURVIVAL MAXIM: "If at first yous don't succeed, do it the fashion your wife told you."        A popular t-shirt, card and sign slogan, appearing in several variations. (The case shown at left is a sign available from Amazon.com.)

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