The Utterances of a Peculiar Mindset

If you can make a promise
and by that promise stand.
If you can take a beating,
then shake the victor’s hand.
If you can do a deed
without looking for the glory.
If you can hold your tongue
when you hear a gossip’s story.
If you can make good better
and try to make bad good.
Then here is my hand, my comrade,
you have made a life long friend.