In '40 he sought to become an Elector and he was defeated. In '43 he ran for Congress and lost. In '56 he sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party's national convention and he got less than 100 votes. In 1860 he was finally elected President of the United States. Abraham Lincoln didn't park by his setbacks.
Some people park by their successes. . . .
After a successful event, we're tempted to park and to bask in the glow of achievement. I'll coast for a while. Some people park by their sorrows. If I should die and leave you here awhile, Be not like others, sore undone, who keep Long vigil by the silent dust and weep. Those whom we have loved are not in the cemetery.