Never quit

by Michelle Fortes

Probably the greatest example of a person who didn’t quit is Abraham Lincoln, one of the most well known Presidents of the United States of America.

Once Born in a very poor family, the would be president of United states Abraham Lincoln’s faced defeat throughout his life.
He lost eight elections, failed twice in business and suffered a nervous breakdown.
Here is a sketch of Lincoln’s road to the White House:
 1816: his family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them.
 1818: his mother died.
 1831: failed in business.
 1832: ran for state legislature – lost.
 1832: lost his job – wanted to go to law school but couldn’t get in.
 1833: borrowed some money from a friend to begin a business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. He
spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt.

 1834: ran for state legislature again – won.
 1835: was engaged to be married, sweetheart died and his heart was broken.
 1836: had a total nervous breakdown and was in bed for six
months.
 1838: sought to become speaker of the state legislature – defeated.
 1840: sought to become elector – defeated.
 1843: ran for Congress – lost.
 1846: ran for Congress again – this time he won – went to Washington and did a good job.
 1848: ran for re-election to Congress – lost.
 1849: sought the job of land officer in his home state – rejected.
 1854: ran for Senate of the United States – lost.
 1856: sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party’s
national convention – got less than 100 votes.
 1858: ran for U.S. Senate again – again he lost.
 1860: elected President of the United States.
Lincoln could have quit many times -but he didn’t and because he didn’t quit, he became one of the greatest Presidents in the history of the United States.

Moral- Life is never to quit, as you breathe you can always try. Try try and you will succeed.

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