Who Failed At First The Celebration Of 1,400

th Presentation By Sompong Yusoontorn

Successful 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 from failure to failure

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. That’s 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 later won the Nobel prize in 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 as Darwin studied 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.

“Newton was 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. Bush once 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, he became a famous comic with 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."

“Astaire went 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.

“But Winfrey rebounded and became the undisputed queen of television talk shows. She's also a billionaire.”

"I don't believe in failure. It is not failure if you enjoyed the process."

Lucille Ball spent many years on the B-list and

her agent told her to pursue a new career.

“Then she got her big break on I Love Lucy.”

"I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than

regret the things I haven’t done.”

After his first film, Harrison Ford underwhelmed the producer

and was told he would probably never succeed.

“But today Ford is 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.

“He sometimes starved in 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 the most popular children'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 on to become one of the greatest American entrepreneurs ever.”

"Failure is 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 5,127th prototype worked and 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 the first 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 wife found 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 Much

Sompong Yusoontorn

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Ever tried. Ever failed.

No matter. Try Again.

Fail again. Fail better.

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