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Don’t Vacation on Someday Isle

“Someday Isle is not a dream vacation spot. It is an imaginary destination to which you will never arrive. It is the carrot on the stick perpetually in front of you. So close you can see it, yet you will never reach it. Don’t vacation on Someday Isle.” – Frank F. Lunn


Goals and Failures

“You must have long-range goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures.” – Charles C. Noble


The Only Thing Worse than a Quitter

“The only thing worse than a quitter is the one who is afraid to begin.”


Success and Failure

“Success isn’t permanent, and failure isn’t fatal.” – Mike Ditka


Forget Disappointment

“Forget entirely the word disappointment. Failures, so called, are but fingerposts pointing out the right direction to those who are willing to learn.”


Fall Forward

“Make the most of every failure. Fall forward.”


Never Give Up

This person:

  • Failed in business in 1831.
  • Lost election for state legislature in 1832.
  • Failed again in business in 1834.
  • Suffered through his sweetheart dying in 1835.
  • Had a Nervous breakdown in 1836.
  • Lost second political race in 1838.
  • Was defeated for Congress in 1843.
  • Was defeated for Congress in 1846.
  • Was defeated for Congress in 1848.
  • Was defeated for US Senate in 1855.
  • Was defeated for Vice President in 1856.
  • Was defeated for US Senate in 1858.
  • Was elected President in 1860.

Who was this person?

Abraham Lincoln



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