"If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too"

I really like this oxymoron because I live by this sort of motto, When everyone else says you can't do something, you take all their words and use it as motivation to whatever you seek to do.


"If you can dream - and not make dreams your master"

If you have a dream or goal to achieve, don't push away other things and people just to get your dream, have a life outside your dreams too.


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!"


I like this whole paragraph because it says, whenever you try to do something and fail at it, you gotta start again from the beggining to end harder and smarter then you were before.


"If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch"

When you made it to fame and wealth, don't lose touch to people who are close to you simply because they aren't famous like you. Don't fill up with ego but stay a true man to everyone no matter their circumstances.