Don't get discouraged when you hear
What people say about you;
Don't get the blues and drop a tear
Because they chance to doubt you.

Don't go around with troubled brow,
O'erlooking all life's' beauty;
The folks that talk will suffer more
Than you, so do your duty.

Don't fret and fume and wish them ill,
Their lives hold little pleasure;
Send back a message of good will—
'Twill serve to heap your measure.

Don't be discouraged, for the world
Will always criticize you;
Earth's dearest treasure is the few
True friends who love and prize you.