If You’ve Never Failed, You’ve Never Lived
Kimberly Bock Did you know?
Dismissed from drama school with a note that said, “She’s wasting her time. She’s to shy to put her best foot forward.”
Lucille Ball
Turned down by Decca recording company who said, “We don’t like their sound and guitar music is on the way out.”
The Beatles
Failed soldier, farmer and real estate agent, at 38 yrs old, he went to work for his father as a handyman.
Ulysses S Grant
Cut from the high school basketball team, he went home, locked himself in his room and cried.
Michael Jordan
A teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything and he should go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.
Thomas Edison
Fired from a newspaper because he lasked imagination and had no original ideas.
Walt Disney
His fiance’ died. He failed in business. He had a nervous breakdown and he was defeated in elections.
Abraham Lincoln
If you’ve never failed, you’ve never lived.
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