Motivational Poems

Beyond the Profit of Today

Lord, give me vision that shall see

Beyond the profit of today

Into the years which are to be,

That I may take the larger, wiser way.

I seek for fortune, Lord, nor claim

To scorn the recompense I earn;

But help me, as I play the game,

to give the world its just return.

Thou mad'st the earth for all of us,

Teach me through struggle, strain and stress

To win and do my share, for thus

Can profit lead to happiness.

Guard me from thoughts of little men

Which blind the soul to greater things;

Save me from smug content and then

From greed and selfishness it brings.

Aid me to join that splendid clan

Of Business Men who seek to trace

A claim, considered working-plan

To make the world a better place.

Teach me to hold this task above

all lesser thoughts within my ken,

That thus I may be worthy of

The name of Business Man; Amen!

Author Unknown