"To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at
conclusions" -- Benjamin Franklin
Failure List of The Famous
by: Author Unknown
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 he 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.[收起]