PEOPLE WHO FAILED AT FIRST. There is no such thing as failure, unless you quit. Abraham Lincoln - Former US president Abraham Lincoln first went into politics at the age of 23 when he campaigned for a seat in the Illinois General Assembly and failed. He then opened a general store that failed after only a few months. Robert M Pirsig - His well known book ‘Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance’ was rejected by 121 publishers. Since finally being published in 1974 it has gone on to sell millions of copies in 27 languages. Michael Jordan - The most famous name in basketball was actually cut from his high school basketball team. John Wayne - Before his successful acting career he was rejected from the United States Naval Academy. Steven Spielberg - This household name dropped out of high school and applied to attend film school three times but was unsuccessful due to his C grade average. Beethoven - His music teacher once told him that he was a hopeless composer. Henry Ford - The Ford Motor Co was Henry Ford’s third business, the first two didn’t work out. Winston Churchill - This former British Prime Minister did poorly in school and had a speech impediment in his early years. Walt Disney - He was fired by the editor of a newspaper for lacking in ideas. Soichiro Honda - The founder of Honda was turned down for an engineering job by Toyota after World War Two. Charles Darwin - His father told him he would amount to nothing and would be a disgrace to himself and his family. Albert Einstein - He learned to speak at a late age and performed poorly in school. Thomas Edison - As a boy he was told by his teacher that he was too stupid to learn anything. John Grisham - This best selling novelist’s first novel was rejected by sixteen agents and twelve publishing houses. Isaac Newton - He failed at running the family farm and did poorly in school.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Nov 2014 08:03:17 +0000
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