Failure List of The Famous

[racz_jay25]

Failure List of The Famous
-- Anonymous


Einstein was 4 years old before he could speak.

Iassc Newton did poorly in grade school and was considered "unpromising."

When Thomas Edison was a youngster, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He was counseled to go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.

F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21, but his boss would not permit him to wait on customers because he "didn't have enough sense to close a sale."

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.
Bob Cousy suffered the same fate, but he too is a Hall of Famer.

A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he "lacked imagination and had no original ideas."

Winston Churchill failed the 6th grade and had to repeat it because he did not complete the tests that were required for promotion.

Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 times, a major league record.

A person may make mistakes, but is not a failure until he or she starts blaming someone else. We must believe in ourselves, and somewhere along the road of life we will meet someone who sees greatness in us and lets us know it.

http://www.inspire21.com/site/stories/failurelist.html
also from my favorite authors Hansen and Canfield's in their book Chicken Soup for the Soul

[q_sharon]

Failure List of The Famous
-- Anonymous


Einstein was 4 years old before he could speak.

Iassc Newton did poorly in grade school and was considered "unpromising."

When Thomas Edison was a youngster, his teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything. He was counseled to go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.

F.W. Woolworth got a job in a dry goods store when he was 21, but his boss would not permit him to wait on customers because he "didn't have enough sense to close a sale."

Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.
Bob Cousy suffered the same fate, but he too is a Hall of Famer.

A newspaper editor fired Walt Disney because he "lacked imagination and had no original ideas."

Winston Churchill failed the 6th grade and had to repeat it because he did not complete the tests that were required for promotion.

Babe Ruth struck out 1,300 times, a major league record.

A person may make mistakes, but is not a failure until he or she starts blaming someone else. We must believe in ourselves, and somewhere along the road of life we will meet someone who sees greatness in us and lets us know it.

http://www.inspire21.com/site/stories/failurelist.html
also from my favorite authors Hansen and Canfield's in their book Chicken Soup for the Soul


hey racz jay 25, i wanna add some more taken from one of my favorite books, BEING HAPPY by Andrew Matthews:

this time on hadicaps:

Demosthenes, the outstanding Greek orator suffered from such a serious speech impediment that he could scarcely speak. He practiced talking with a mouthful of pebbles... He became one of the greatest orators of all time.

Napoleon overcame his considerable handicap, his tiny stature, to lead his conquering armies across Europe. What do you think of our own President? She's one hell of a tough woman with her stature.

Helen Keller refused to allow her blindness and her deafness to prevent her from spending her life helpint those less fortunate than herself.

Abraham Lincoln failed in business aged 22, lost a legislative race at 23, again failed in business at 25, had his sweetheart die when he was 26, had a nervous breakdown at 27, lost congressional races aged 34,37, and 39, lost a senatorial race aged 46, failed in his efforts to become vice president of USA aged 47 and lost a further senatorial contest at 49. (ang kulit niya di ba?)
At fifty two years of age, he was elected president of USA and is now remembered as one of the great leaders in world historyl

Julio Iglesias was kicked out of his high school choir. Tha didn't stop him from becoming the biggest selling recording artist in the history of the world.

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The list goes on and on. The moral must surely be:" IT IS NOT WHERE YOU START THAT COUNTS, BUT WHERE YOU CHOOSE TO FINISH.

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