Rising from Failure = Initial success

Knows how many writings, papers, speakers, books, which raised "success stories" experienced failure Abraham Lincoln. I was intrigued to pick it back to you.

1831 bankruptcy in an effort,
Lost in the 1832 local elections,
Suffered bankruptcy in 1833,
His wife died 1835,
1836 suffered from mental pressure such that almost all of the hospital,
1837 lost in a speech contest,
Election of 1840 failed in the United States Senate,
Suffered defeat in 1842 to sit in the United States Congress,
Lost again in 1848 the United States Congress,
1855 once again failed in the United States Senate,
Lost the 1856 election to occupy the vice president of the United States,
1858 lost again in the Senate,
1860 Became President of the United States

Another example, the new Admiral Peary reached the North Pole after trying 8 times. While Edison experiment 1000 times before successfully finding the light bulb and the most 1000 patent of all time. John Creasey was rejected 743 times by publishers before he published 560 titles of books, which has sold over 60 million copies. Likewise happened to Albert Einstein, Abraham Lincoln, and so forth. They have no special advantages except perseverance.
President of the USA 30, Calvin Coolidge said, "There is nothing in this world that can replace persistence. Talent? It's very common people who did not succeed because he was only relying on talent. Intelligence? So many people are intelligent but do not have anything. Higher education? In this world so many people displaced by high educated. Persistence and determination alone are a great power."

Environment consists of the people, and is a very influential factor to the persistence of a person.
Hyman Rickover said, "Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people. - The people who discuss great ideas, people mediocre discuss the situation, people will tend to his hard talk about the shortcomings of others. "

Let's do business, with enthusiasm. Nothing great was ever Achieved without Enthusiasm. (Eleanor Roosevelt)