Age 7 worked to support family after they were forced out of their home Age 9 Mother died Age 22 Failed in business Age 23 Defeated for legislature and couldnt get into law school Age 24 Declared bankrupt and spent 17 years paying off debts owed to friends. Age 25 Defeated for legislature again. Age 26 While engaged to be married sweetheart died and heart was broken Age 27 Nervous breakdown and spent the next six months in bed Age 29 Defeated in becoming the speaker of the legislature Age 31 Defeated in becoming elector Age 34 Defeated for congress Age 37 Defeated for congress again Age 39 Defeated for congress yet again Age 40 Rejected for the job of land officer in home state Age 45 Defeated for senate Age 47 Defeated for vice president Age 49 Defeated for senate again. Age 51 Elected president of the united states. My great concern is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with your failure - Abraham Lincoln
Posted on: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 04:02:34 +0000
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