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TEEN SOUL POWER
If At First You Don't Succeed...
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How many times have you thought about quitting, about giving up? One might hear, “It’s too difficult.” or “I’m just not smart enough” or “No one can do that.” The truth is that everyone confronts obstacles, pretty much on a daily basis. Yes, many of life’s challenges are large and burdensome, but it doesn’t mean that they cannot be overcome. By definition, life is a hard and sometimes painful experience, but by solving our problems one day at a time and by conquering the little fears and barriers that we face, we prepare our selves for the larger and more challenging of life’s problems. Think of a surgeon who operates on a heart to save the life of a little boy. Was that doctor born with all the knowledge of anatomy? Did he just inherit the skill of a surgeon? Did he just walk into a hospital and be hired because of his good looks? No, he studied hard, he practiced, he spent years in school and college often spending hours studying and cramming for exams while others partied or went out for a good time. This is one of the laws of nature. Good things come to those who work hard for them. PERSEVERANCE: To continue in a course of action - to persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea or task, despite counterinfluences, opposition, discouragement or obstacles. |
COURAGE and PERSEVERANCE:
Question: Who was this Man?
Question: Who was this Man?
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At age 22.......................... he failed in his first business venture.
At age 23.......................... he was defeated for the Legislature. At age 24...........................he failed in another business venture. At age 25.......................... he was finally elected to the Legislature. At age 27...........................he had a nervous breakdown. At age 29...........................he was defeated for Speaker. At age 31............................he was defeated for Elector. At age 34............................he was defeated for Congress. At age 37............................he got elected to Congress. At age 39............................he lost his seat in Congress. At age 46............................he was defeated for the Senate. At age 47............................he lost for Vice-President. At age 49............................he was defeated for the Senate. At age 51.............................he was elected President! Answer: Abraham Lincoln. |
Bonus Question:
Who Said: “I have not yet begun to fight?”
Who Said: “I have not yet begun to fight?”
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Answer to Bonus Question: John Paul Jones, a naval leader of the Revolutionary War, in his reply to the British ship Serapis on September 23, 1779. When a British commander asked him to surrender his badly crippled ship during a battle, he allegedly replied, “I have not yet begun to fight”—and compelled the British ship to surrender. |
