You won’t lag behind, because you’ll have the speed. You’ll pass the whole gang and you’ll soon take the lead. Wherever you fly, you’ll be the best of the best. Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.

More from Oh, the Places You'll Go! (1990)

• The more that you read, The more things you will know. The more that you learn, The more places you’ll go.
• Will you succeed? Yes you will indeed! (98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
• You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose. You’re on your own. And you know what you know. And YOU are the one who’ll decide where to go.
• And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he, Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see. And the turtles, of course…all the turtles are free As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be.
• And today the great Yertle, that Marvelous he, Is King of the Mud. That is all he can see. And the turtles, of course...all the turtles are free As turtles and, maybe, all creatures should be. Yertle the Turtle (1958)
• “Don’t give up! I believe in you all. A person’s a person, no matter how small! And you very small persons will not have to die If you make yourselves heard! So come on, now, and TRY!”