DON’T QUIT

Let me share a famous life history with you. This was a man who failed in business at the age of 21; was defeated in a legislative race at the age 22; failed again in business at age 24; had his sweetheart die when he was age 26; had a nervous breakdown at age 27; lost a congressional race at age 34; lost a senatorial race at age 45; failed in an effort to become vice-president at age 47; lost a senatorial race at age 49; and was elected the president of the United States at age 52. This man was Abraham Lincoln.

Henry Ford forgot to put reverse gear in the first car he made.

Thomas Edison failed approximately 10,000 times while he was working on the light bulb.

Do you consider these people failures? They succeeded in spite of problems, not in the absence of them. But to negative thinkers, it appears as though they just “got lucky”.

All success stories are stories of great failures. The only difference is that every time they failed, they bounced back. This is called failing forward!! Success in life is not measured by our position in life but by the obstacles we overcame to get there. Success is not measured by how high we go up in life, but how many times we bounce back when we fall down.

An English proverb says, “A smooth sea never made a skilful mariner.” Everything is difficult before it becomes easy. We cannot run away from our problems. Only losers quit and give up.