1.

Lost his job

2. Got defeated for IegisIature
3. Started business and faiIed
4. Wife died of a fataI disease
5. Experienced nervous breakdown
6. Contested in eIection for speaker in IegisIature and Iost
7. Tried for nomination in a poIiticaI party and Iost
8. AppIied for post of Iand officer and didn't get it
9. Contested for senate and Iost
10. Contested for vice president and Iost
11. Again contested for senate and Iost
AND TWO YEARS LATER...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
GOT ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA
FAILURE
Does not mean (X)
You are a faiIure You have not yet
succeeded
You have Iearned
something
You have accom-
pIished nothing
You have to do it in a
different way
You wiII never be abIe
to do it
You are not perfect You are inferior
You have to start afresh You have wasted your
Iife
It means ()
You shouId try very
hard
You shouId give up
It takes a IittIe Ionger You wiII never achieve
God has a better idea!
You wiII get the idea if
you have faith in Him
God has abandoned
you
FAILURE
Does not mean (X) It means ()
WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED
BEETHOVEN DEAF RENOWNED MUSIC
COMPOSER
DEMOSTHENES NERVOUS STAMMERER WELL KNOWN GREEK
ORATOR
NAME WHAT WAS HE? WHAT DID HE BECOME?
ALBERT
EINSTEIN
ORDINARY PATENT CLERK WORLD FAMOUS
SCIENTIST
ABRAHAM
LINCOLN
POOR FARMER'S SON PRESIDENT OF
AMERICA
GOLDAMEIR AVERAGE SCHOOL
TEACHER
PRIME MINISTER OF
ISRAEL
FRANKLIN. D
ROOSEVELT
SICK AND BOTH LEGS
PARALYSED
PRESIDENT OF
AMERICA
HOMER BLIND GREATEST GREEK
WRITER
HELEN KELLER BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB RENOWNED WRITER
THOMAS EDISON MATRICULATE GREATEST INVENTOR
NAME WHAT WAS HE/SHE? WHAT DID HE BECOME?
M.S. OBEROI SIMPLE CLERK ONE OF THE
BIGGEST CHAIN HOTEL
OWNER IN THE WORLD
K.K. PATEL SON OF AN ORDINARY
FARMER
LARGEST SELLER OF
WASHING POWDER
(NIRMA BRAND, Rs 1,200
CRORES TURNOVER)
TOPIWALA MATRICULATE WITH INITIAL
INVESTMENT OF Rs 100
NOW SELLS RS. 5 CRORE
WORTH SHINGAR BINDI
PER YEAR
MALATHI HOLLA POLIO STRIKEN (25
SURGERIES DONE)
GOT 150 GOLD MEDALS
IN DISC THROW, ETC.
SHARD KUMAR
DEEKSHIT
2 HEART ATTACKS; CRIPPLED
IN LOWER SIDE OF THE BODY;
VOCAL CORDS REMOVED
PERFORMED 45,000
SURGERIES FREE OF
COST
C.N. JANAKI BOTH LEGS POLIO FAMOUS SWIMMER,
MENTIONED IN BOOK
'SPECIAL PEOPLE' BY
OXFORD UNIVERSITY
WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED
INSTEAD OF BLAMING DARKNESS, INSTEAD OF BLAMING DARKNESS,
LIGHT A CANDLE IF YOU CAN! LIGHT A CANDLE IF YOU CAN!
STOP BLAMING; STOP BLAMING;
INSTEAD TAKE ACTION INSTEAD TAKE ACTION
Generate enthusiasm
Operate to your potential
Destroy negative attitude
CHANGE CAN
START WITH OURSELF
AND CAN BEGIN ONLY
FROM WITHIN.