I saw this post on LinkedIn and loved it. All credit goes to the poster (assuming he wrote it) Delwyn Andrews Jr.
[1832] – lost his job
[1833] – failed in his business
[1835] – lost his sweetheart
[1836]- suffered nervous breakdown
[1838]- defeated in his run for Illinois speaker
[1843]- defeated in the run for Congress
[1856] – defeated for US Senate
[1858] – defeated for the nomination of Vice President
[1860] – Abraham Lincoln elected as the President of America, and went on to become one of the most famous presidents in the history.
Failure is never permanent. Always, always, move forward.