The harder you work the luckier you get

Check out this loser...

* 1831 - Lost his job

* 1832 - Defeated in run for Illinois State Legislature

* 1833 - Failed in business

* 1835 - Sweetheart died

* 1836 - Had nervous breakdown

* 1838 - Defeated in run for Illinois House Speaker

* 1843 - Defeated in run for nomination for U.S. Congress

* 1848 - Lost re-nomination

* 1849 - Rejected for land officer position

* 1854 - Defeated in run for U.S. Senate

* 1856 - Defeated in run for nomination for Vice President

* 1858 - Again defeated in run for U.S. Senate

So who failed this often ?

Meet Abraham Lincoln, elected President of the United States of America 1860.