A story

This is a story of a man. He failed in business at the age of twenty-one. He failed again in politics at twenty-two. He failed again in business at twenty-four. His sweetheart died when he was twenty-six, making him very depressed. Subsequently he had a nervous breakdown at twenty-seven. He failed in politics again at thirty-four and failed again two years later. He failed yet again at forty-five. He failed becoming vice president after another two years. He failed in politics again at the age of forty-nine. At the age of fifty-two he became the president of the United States. He was Abraham Lincoln.

During all those hardships Lincoln said, "Well, I feel just like the boy who stubbed his toe - too damned badly hurt to laugh and too damned proud to cry."