EVEN THE GREAT EXPERIENCE FAILURES ON THE WAY UP
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other. Abraham Lincoln
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. George Edward Woodberry
THIS WEEKS STORY
The setbacks of Abraham Lincoln were devastating. He failed in business in 1831.
He was defeated for state legislature in 1832.
He tried another business in ’33. It failed.
His fiancé died in 1835.
He had a nervous breakdown in ’36.
In ’43 he ran for Congress and was defeated.
He tried again in ’48 and was defeated again.
He tried running for the Senate in ’55. He lost.
The next year he ran for vice president and lost.
In ’59 he ran for the Senate again and was again defeated.
FINALLY IN 1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected the sixteenth president of the United States.
COMMENT
PASSION, BELIEF and SELF-TRUST are the fuel for a positive attitude that causes us to be totally COMMITTED to a goal. GIVING UP IS NOT AN OPTION.
ThoseThingsINeed Said,
February 8, 2010 @ 7:26 pm
Although I am of the mindset that giving up is not an option, I can lose momentum when I am low on energy. I get exhausted with trying so hard all of the time. I need to “protect” my passion so that it does not get dampered by the voices of neighsayers that linger in my mind long after the actual person is gone and some times completely out of my life.
Marg Savage Said,
March 22, 2010 @ 1:55 pm
Everyone loses momentum from time to time. You are human. But the person who is successful is the person who picks themselves up and gets going again. Why are you protecting your passion. No one can take it from you if you don’t let them. Substitute the negative talk of others with positive self talk. It isn’t easy as we are all so conditioned to have negative self talk but you can change that. Good luck