Failure Is The Only Step To Success

Not everyone who’s on top today got there with success after success. More often than not, those who history best remembers were faced with numerous obstacles that forced them to work harder and show more determination than others. Next time you’re feeling down about your failures in collegeor in a career, keep these famous people in mind and remind yourself that sometimes failure is just the first step towards success.

Business Gurus

These businessmen and the companies they founded are today known around the world, but as these stories show, their beginnings weren’t always smooth.

Henry Ford
R. H. Macy
Soichiro Honda
Akio MoritaBill Gates
Harland David Sanders
Walt Disney

Scientists and Thinkers

These people are often regarded as some of the greatest minds of our century, but they often had to face great obstacles, the ridicule of their peers and the animosity of society.

Albert Einstein
Charles Darwin
Isaac Newton
Socrates

Inventors

These inventors changed the face of the modern world, but not without a few failed prototypes along the way.

Thomas Edison
Orville and Wilbur Wright

Public Figures

From politicians to talk show hosts, these figures had a few failures before they came out on top.

Winston Churchill
Abraham Lincoln
Oprah Winfrey

Hollywood Types

These faces ought to be familiar from the big screen, but these actors, actresses and directors saw their fair share of rejection and failure before they made it big.

Charlie Chaplin
Lucille Ball
Marilyn Monroe

Writers and Artists

We’ve all heard about starving artists and struggling writers, but these stories show that sometimes all that work really does pay off with success in the long run.

Vincent Van Gogh
Emily Dickinson
Steven Spielberg
Stephen King
J. K. Rowling

Musicians

While their music is some of the best selling, best loved and most popular around the world today, these musicians show that it takes a whole lot of determination to achieve success.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Elvis Presley
The Beatles
Ludwig van Beethoven

Athletes

While some athletes rocket to fame, others endure a path fraught with a little more adversity, like those listed here.

Michael Jordan
Stan Smith

I will post about every person in detailed in my further posts.