Failures

Before Abraham Lincoln got into the White House, he did the following:

Failed in business in 1831.
Defeated for Legislature in 1832.
Failed in business again in 1833.
Suffered nervous breakdown in 1836.
Defeated for Speaker in 1838.
Defeated for Elector in 1840.
Defeated for Congress in 1843.
Defeated for Congress in 1848.
Defeated for Senate in 1855.
Defeated for Vice President in 1856.
Defeated for Senate in 1858.

He was elected President in 1860, after 29 years of failing in the public limelight.

I know failure too. Over the last month, I had been to 8 agencies, with not a single offering. One of the CD said everything sucked, and told me to stop this nonsense. Bollocks.

I choose not to give up.