The value of perseverance and persistence as illustrated in the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Age:
22 Failed in business
23 Defeated for Legislature
24 Failed in business again
25 Elected to Legislature
26 girlfriend died
27 Had a nervous breakdown
29 Defeated for Speaker
31 Defeated for Elector
34 Defeated for Congress
37 Elected to Congress
38 Defeated for Congress
46 Defeated for Senate
47 Defeated for Vice President
48 Defeated for Senate
51 Elected President of the United States