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Yes 1,000 times over...use the inspiration around you- but go visit the Lincoln Museum in Springfield. Last week I took my (impressionable) kids. Solid, mesmerizing, humbling and downright inspirational! Never stop believing in yourself has a poster child in A. Lincoln.
(also, the Tim Russert commentary section is great).

Posted by Scott Swift at August 18, 2008 2:23 PM

Giving up is too easy! Life is about having challenges put in front of you and pushing through when times are difficult.

It builds character!

Posted by Dan Schawbel at August 18, 2008 3:17 PM

I agree we will never fail untill we give up

Posted by Nut Suwapiromchot at August 19, 2008 8:31 AM

Sometimes we won't succeed until we give up doing things that make us fail. But here we have a question of focus. People confuse the problem with a failing solution. Jettison the "solution" and try again with a different way of attacking the problem. Notice we did give up - we gave up trying to do it that way. But we did not give up our goal.

Posted by Martin Koning-Bastiaan at August 19, 2008 1:23 PM

Thanks TP for the reminder of those who have given the ultimate price, not giving up but putting out in a strange place. (We have much to appreciate, much to be grateful for.) What brave young men they were - mostly sons, high school sweethearts. They did not give up.

This has been my mantra for years:

Never
never
never
give
up.

Winston Churchill

Posted by Judith Ellis at August 20, 2008 7:30 AM

Sorry, Tom, if I'm showing 2 6 7 9 mixed suits. and
my opponent shows 10s or better, I'm folding.
Bet if you want. I'm not that good a bluffer.
John

Posted by Shakespeare's Fool at August 21, 2008 6:46 PM