How much failure can you handle?

by on 09/03/2010

Who is this guy?

  1. Failed in business at age 21.
  2. Was defeated in a legislative race at age 22.
  3. Failed again in business at age 24.
  4. Overcame death of his sweetheart at age 26.
  5. Had a nervous breakdown at age 27.
  6. Lost congressional race at age 34.
  7. Lost congressional race at age 36.
  8. Lost senatorial race at age 45.
  9. Failed in effort to become vice-president at age 47.
  10. Lost senatorial race at age 49.
  11. Was elected President of the United States at age 52.

 Could Abraham Lincoln have become president if he had seen these events of his life as failures?

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