Abraham Lincoln was a failed businessman, deemed too temperamental to be a lawyer, was defeated in his run to be a congressman, commissioner of the General Land Office, Senator (twice) and vice president. He ended up becoming one of the most important Presidents in the history of United States.

Winston Churchill didn’t even pass sixth grade and was defeated in every election he ran. He finally became Prime Minister at the age of 62.

Charles Darwin was considered an ordinary boy and didn’t have enough intellect by his father.

Albert Einstein didn’t start reading until he was 7, was actually dubbed stupid, mentally slow by his teachers and one that would never go anywhere in life.

Michael Jordan was not deemed good enough to play basketball and was cut by his high school team.

Walt Disney was bankrupt and fired by his newspaper editor as he lack imagination and good ideas.

Charles Schultz (creator of Peanuts) had every cartoon he drew rejected by his high school yearbook and consequently every publication he sent his cartoon to. Walt Disney didn’t hire him too as he wasn’t good enough.

Fred Astaire was rejected by his testing director and many times after. Everyone said that he was a lousy dancer and bad singer.

Lucille Ball, when she was studying to be an actress, was told that she couldn’t act and should find another profession.

Charlie Chaplin’s signature pantomime was considered nonsense and was rejected many times by Hollywood.

Beethoven was told by his music teacher that he was hopeless as a musician and composer.

Van Gogh only sold 1 painting in his lifetime but continued to paint over 800 other paintings to keep his dream alive.

Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.
- Samuel Beckett

The lesson out of all this is:

Never give up. No one can tell you how good/ bad you are or how good you can be. That destiny lies within you.