The 16th President Of The United States!
| Event | Year |
| He had to work to support his family after they were forced out of their home. | 1816 |
| His mother died. | 1818 |
| Failed in business. | 1831 |
| Was defeated for legislature. | 1832 |
| Lost his job and couldn't get into law school. | 1832 |
| Declared bankruptcy, and spent the next 17 years of his life paying off the money he borrowed from friends to start his business. | 1833 |
| Was defeated for legislature again. | 1834 |
| Was engaged to be married, but his sweetheart died and his heart was broken. | 1835 |
| Had a nervous breakdown and spent the next six months in bed. | 1836 |
| Was defeated in becoming the speaker of the state legislature. | 1838 |
| Was defeated in becoming elector. | 1840 |
| Was defeated for Congress | 1843 |
| Was defeated for Congress. | 1846 |
| Was defeated for Congress again. | 1848 |
| Was rejected for the job of Land Officer in his home state. | 1849 |
| Was defeated for Senate. | 1854 |
| Was defeated for Vice-President -- got less than 100 votes. | 1856 |
| Was defeated for Senate for the third time. | 1858 |
| Was elected President of the United States. | 1860 |
Are you a little bit discouraged right now because you have tried and tried and still haven't achieved your dreams?
If so, please don't be. Worthwhile goals and aspirations will always take time to accomplish.
It took Abraham Lincoln 30 years to achieve his dream of becoming the President of the United States.
Although he faced countless insurmountable obstacles, he did not give up. He didn't quit.
While it may seem impossible for you to overcome your current challenges or problems,promise yourself that you will NOT give up.
We trust that President's Lincoln's road map to the White House has inspired you to hold onto your dreams when
the going gets tough, and to keep working on them until you've turned them into reality.
Here are two fabulous quotations by this great man to motivate you to persist until you've achieved your goals:
is present in all of us. A duty to strive
is the duty of us all. I felt a call to that duty."
My foot slipped from under me,
knocking the other out of the way,
but I recovered and said to myself,
It's a slip and not a fall."
These two quotations are very inspiring, aren't they?
