““any time I feel like quitting, I just look at a framed poster I have hanging in our office: • He failed in business in ’31. • He ran as a state legislator and lost in ’32. • He tried business again in ’33 and failed again. • His sweetheart died in ’35. • He had a nervous breakdown in ’36. • He ran for state elector in ’40 after he regained his health. • He was defeated for Congress in ’43, defeated again for Congress in ’48, defeated when he ran for Senate in ’55 and defeated for vice presidency of the United States in ’56. • He ran for Senate again in ’58 and lost. • This man never quit. He kept trying till the last. In 1860, this man—Abraham Lincoln—was elected president of the United States. I want to be like Abe Lincoln. As my dad always says, “Shoot for the stars, and you just might land on the moon.””
