1. Lost his job 2. Got defeated for legislature 3. Started business and failed 4. Wife died of a fatal disease 5. Experienced nervous breakdown Contested in election for speaker in legislature and lost Tried for nomination in a political party and lost 8. Applied for post of Land Officer and lost 9. Contested for senate and lost 10. Contested for vice president and lost 11. Again Contested for senate and lost AND TWO YEARS LATER….. ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELECTED AS PRESIDENT OF AMERICA

Contested in election for speaker in legislature and lost

Tried for nomination in a political party and lost

FAILURE Does not mean (X) It means (  ) You are a failure You have not yet succeeded You have learned something You have accom- plished nothing You have to do it in a different way You will never be able to do it You are not perfect You are inferior You have to start afresh You have wasted your life

FAILURE Does not mean (X) It means (  ) You should try very hard You should give up It takes a little longer You will never achieve God has a better idea! You will get the idea if you have faith in Him God has abandoned you

WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED RENOWNED MUSIC COMPOSER DEAF BEETHOVEN WELL KNOWN GREEK ORATOR NERVOUS STAMMERER DEMOSTHENES WHAT DID HE BECOME? WHAT WAS HE/SHE? NAME WORLD FAMOUS SCIENTIST ORDINARY PATENT CLERK ALBERT EINSTEIN PRESIDENT OF AMERICA POOR FARMER’S SON ABRAHAM LINCOLN PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL AVERAGE SCHOOL TEACHER GOLDAMEIR PRESIDENT OF AMERICA SICK AND BOTH LEGS PARALYSED FRANKLIN. D ROOSEVELT GREATEST GREEK WRITER BLIND HOMER RENOWNED WRITER BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB HELEN KELLER GREATEST INVENTOR MATRICULATE THOMAS EDISON

WE CAN CHANGE / SUCCEED WHAT DID HE BECOME? WHAT WAS HE/SHE? NAME ONE OF THE BIGGEST CHAIN HOTEL OWNER IN THE WORLD SIMPLE CLERK M.S. OBEROI LARGETS SELLER OF NIRMA WASH -ING POWDER (Rs. 1200 CRORES TURNOVER) SON OF AN ORDINARY FARMER K.K. PATEL NOW SELLS RS. 5 CRORE WORTH SHINGAR BINDI PER YEAR FRESH MATRICULATE WITH INITIAL INVEST-MENT OF Rs. 100/- TOPIWALA GOT 150 GOLD MEDALS IN DISC THROW, ETC. POLIO STRIKEN (25 SURGERIES DONE) MALATHI HOLLA PERFORMED 45,000 SURGERIES FREE OF COST 2 HEART ATTACKS; CRIPPLED IN LOWER SIDE OF THE BODY; VOCAL CORDS REMOVED SHARD KUMAR DEEKSHIT FAMOUS SWIMMER, NAME IN BOOK ‘SPECIAL PEOPLE’ BY OXFORD UNIVERSITY BOTH LEGS POLIO C.N. JANAKI

INSTEAD OF BLAMING DARKNESS EVERYWHERE, LIGHT A CANDLE IF YOU CAN! STOP BLAMING; INSTEAD TAKE ACTION

G enerate enthusiasm G O D O perate your potential D estroy negative attitude

Now, as an elderly person I realise the only thing I can change is myself. When I was an young man, I wanted to change the world. I found it was difficult to change the world, so I tried to change my nation. When I found I could’nt change the nation I began to focus on my town. I couldn’t change the town and as an older man, I tried to change my family.

And suddenly I realise that if, long ago, I had changed myself, I could have made an impact on my family, My family and I could have made an impact on our town, their impact could have changed the nation. And I could have changed the world. - An unknown monk 1100 A.D. CHANGE – CAN BEGIN ONLY WITHIN AND FROM YOU