Whenever I feel down (but never out) about my business, the examples of great men never cease to inspire me.
There is probably no greater example of a man who overcame failure as this:
Failed in business in 1831.
Defeated in legislature in 1832.
Again failed in business in 1833.
Nervous breakdown in 1836.
Defeated for speaker in 1838.
Defeated for elector in 1840.
Defeated for Congress in 1843.
Elected to Congress in 1846.
Defeated for Congress in 1848.
Defeated for Senate in 1855.
Defeated for vice president in 1856.
Defeated for Senate in 1858.
Finally elected as the 16th President of the United States of America in 1860. And one of the greatest Presidents. His name… Abraham Lincoln.
