Abraham Lincoln

If you sometimes get discoureged, consider this fellow: He dropped out of grade school. Ran a country store Went broke Took 15 years to pay off bills. Took a wife. Unhappy marriage Ran for House. Lost twice. Ran for Senate. Lost twice. Delivered speech that became a classic. Audience indifferet Attacked daily by the press and despised by half the country Despite all this, imagine how many people all over the world have been inspired by this awkward rumpled, brooding man who signed his name simply A. Lincoln