Akram Youth Nishchay | June 2015 | Akram Youth | Page 6

लहर से डर कर नौका पार नह होती, कोिशश करने वाल क कभी हार नह होती - ह रवंशराय ब चन न ह च टी जब दाना लेकर चलती है चढ़ती दीवार पर, सौ बार िफसलती ह.ै.. आिख़र उसक मेहनत बेकार नह होती... Abraham Lincoln Born in poverty, he repeatedly faced failures. He could have quit many times, but he was a fighter and history shows that he became one of the greatest presidents of America. Let us see the list of failures in Abraham Lincoln’s Life... Failed in business. Ran for state legislature - lost. Also lost his job. Wanted to go to law school but couldn't get in. Borrowed some money from a friend, went bankrupt. Spent the next 17 years of his life paying off this debt. Ran for state legislature again - won. Was engaged to be married, his fiancé died. Had a total nervous breakdown. Sought to become speaker of the state legislature Lincoln was a fighter defeated. Sought to become elector defeated. Ran for Congress - lost. and he never gave up. Then in 1846, ran for Congress again - this time he won - went to Washington and did a good job. Ran for re-election to Congress - lost. Sought the job of land officer in his home state rejected. Ran for Senate of the United States - lost. Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party's national convention - got less than 100 votes. Ran for U.S. Senate again - lost. In 1860, elected president of the United States. 06 | June 2015