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Who Failed At First26The Celebration Of 1,400th Presentation By Sompong YusoontornSuccessful People

The people on this list show that devastating failures are just another stop on the road to success. They have experienced massive failure that could have easily made them give-up. But they didn't and now they're the monumental successes that they are remembered for, a good source of encouragement when it feels like you will never make it to the top.Winston Churchill failed the sixth grade. He was defeated in every public office role he ran for.Then he became the British prime minister at the age of 62.

Success is stumbling fromfailuretofailure with no loss of enthusiasm.Thomas Edison's teachers told him he was "too stupid to learn anything.Edison also invented 1,000 light bulbs before creating one that worked.

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.Harland David Sanders, the famous KFC "Colonel," couldn't sell his chicken. More than 1,000 restaurants rejected him.But then one did, and today there are KFC restaurants bearing his image all over the world.

One has to remember that every failure can be a stepping stone to something better.R.H. Macy had a history failing businesses, including a dud Macy's in NYC. But Macy kept up the hard work and ended up with the biggest department store in the world.

Be everywhere, do everything, and never fail to astonish the customer.Steven Spielberg was rejected from his dream school, the University of Southern California, three times.He sought out an education somewhere else and dropped out to be a director.

All good ideas start as bad ideas. Thats why it takes so long.Charlie Chaplin's act was rejected by executives because they thought it was too obscure for people to understand.But then they took a chance on Chaplin, who went on to become America's first bona fide movie star.

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.Marilyn Monroe's first contract with Columbia Pictures expired because they told her she wasn't pretty or talented enough to be an actress.Monroe kept plugging away and is one of the most iconic actresses and sex symbols of all time.

I believe that everything happens for a reason. Sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.Soichiro Honda was passed over for an engineering job at Toyota and left unemployed.But then he began making motorcycles, started a business and became a billionaire.

Never let your failures go to your heart or your successes go to your head.Vera Wang failed to make the U.S. Olympic figure-skating team. Then she became an editor at Vogue and was passed over for the editor-in-chief position.She began designing wedding gowns at 40 and today is the premier designer in the business, with a multi-billion dollar industry.

I had really all but given up trying, but I did it because it was a lifelong dream.Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor because he "lacked imagination and had no good ideas."Several more of his businesses failed before the premiere of his movie Snow White. Today, most childhoods wouldn't be the same without his ideas.

The difference in winning and losing is most often not quitting.Albert Einstein didn't speak until age four and didn't read until age seven. His teachers labeled him "slow" and "mentally handicapped."But Einstein just had a different way of thinking. He laterwon the Nobel prizein physics.

A person who never made a mistake never tried anything new.Charles Darwin was considered an average student. He gave up on a career in medicine and was going to school to become a parson.But asDarwinstudied nature, he found his calling.

It is not the strongest or the most intelligent who will survive but those who can best manage change.Sir Isaac Newton was tasked with running the family farm but was a miserable failure.Newtonwas sent off to Cambridge University and became a physics scholar.

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.Dick Cheney flunked out of Yale twice.George W. Bushonce joked: "So now we know if you graduate from Yale, you become president. If you drop out, you get to be vice president."

No matter what kind of problem I've run into, there's always been a solution for it.The first time Jerry Seinfeld went onstage, he was booed away by the jeering crowd.Eventually, hebecame a famous comicwith one of the most-loved sitcoms ever.

To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving.In Fred Astaire's first screen test, the judges wrote: "Can't act. Can't sing. Slightly bald. Can dance a little."Astairewent on to be the most famous dancer of all time and won the hearts of American women forever.

The higher up you go, the more mistakes you are allowed. Right at the top, if you make enough of them, it's considered to be your style.After Sidney Poitier's first audition, the casting director instructed him to just stop wasting everyone's time and "go be a dishwasher or something."He went on to win an Academy Award and is admired by actors everywhere.

I have always been a learner because I knew nothing.Oprah Winfrey was fired from her television reporting job because they told her she wasn't fit to be on screen.ButWinfrey reboundedand became the undisputed queen of television talk shows. She's also a billionaire.

"I don't believe infailure. It is notfailureif you enjoyed the process."Lucille Ball spent many years on the B-list and her agent told her to pursue a new career.Then shegot her big breakon I Love Lucy.

"Id rather regret the things Ive done than regret the things I havent done.After his first film, Harrison Ford underwhelmed the producer and was told he would probably never succeed.But todayFordis the third highest-grossing actor of all time.

We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance.Vincent Van Gogh only sold one painting in his entire life, to a friend.Hesometimes starvedin order to create the 800 paintings he'd eventually do. Today, his works are priceless.

As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed.Dr. Seuss' first book was rejected by 27 different publishers.He's now themost popularchildren's book author ever.

You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.Henry Ford's first auto company went out of business.He abandoned a second because of a fight and a third went downhill because of declining sales. He went onto become one of the greatest American entrepreneurs ever.

"Failureis simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently."While developing his vacuum, Sir James Dyson went through 5,126 failed prototypes and his savings over 15 years.But the 5,127thprototypeworkedand now the Dyson brand is the best-selling vacuum cleaner in the United States.

Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.J.K. Rowling was unemployed, divorced and raising a daughter on social security while writing the first Harry Potter novel.J.K. Rowling is now internationally renowned for her 7 book Harry Potter series and is thefirst person to become a billionaire from writing.

It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all - in which case, you fail by default.Stephen King was initially so frustrated with his first novel, Carrie that he threw it in the trash.King's wifefound the manuscript in the trash and took it out. To date his 49 novels have sold 350 million copies.

Optimism is a perfectly legitimate response to failure.

Thank You Very MuchSompong YusoontornBright9977@gmail.comEver tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.Source : http://www.businessinsider.com/26-successful-people-who-failed-at-first-2012-7?op=1