5 FAMOUS FAILURES THAT WILL INSPIRE YOU TO KEEP GOING

Often we easily get upset with failures not realizing the fact that they bring with it new possibilities for learning and betterment. It is significant that we realize the acceptance of failures and to look at them as learning possibilities - a pre-requisite that distinguishes a successful person from a mediocre.

Never Quit - Keep Going

Most of the successful people in the past have failed numerous times only to succeed. History shows us that "Never Give Up" was the only mantra they kept reciting. Next time you get upset with obstacles and failures, just consider thinking about them. These 5 famous failures found their way to success and will inspire you to keep going when the going get's tough.

Abraham Lincoln - 16th President of United States 

1. ABRAHAM LINCOLN. Before being elected as the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln's story was all about struggles and disasters. Born to a poor family in Kentucky, Lincoln had to go through all the toils and perils of poverty. Nevertheless, he went on the become a lawyer in Illinois. His life was full of struggle for more than 40 years and had almost failed in everything that he had taken - jobs, business, political career, elections. He had lost almost 8 elections before he went on to become the President. But his never quit attitude is the reason that made him the greatest President in the history of the United States.

Some quotes by Abraham Lincoln -

• " I am a slow walker, but I never walk back."
• " Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe."

Albert Einstein - the greatest scientist

2. ALBERT EINSTEIN. who is considered the greatest scientist and an influential modern physicist, had to go through a struggling childhood and career phase of his life.  During his childhood, Einstein had difficulties speaking fluently and was considered by his teachers to be a slow learner. He had to wait for almost 8 years to get his first professorship. A creative genius who faced difficulties in his childhood and career phase later went on to discover many theories and inventions  like the general theory of relativity and the propounder of the equation - E  = mc² 

Some quotes by Albert Einstein -

• " Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
• " I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."
• " Weakness of attitude becomes the weakness of character."
• " The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination."

beethoven - the greatest composer 

3. LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN.  The greatest musician of all time, Beethoven is the most respected composer of all time. Starting from his childhood, he had been subjected to violence and punishments. Beethoven was harshly punished by his own father so that he practices correctly. He was considered to be worthless by his teachers in school and also was subjected to severe criticism in social circles for being untidy. Even his first on-stage performance was criticised by many people to be naive. But that didn't stop him. He went to give his best compositions history could ever have, titled as 'Beethoven's symphony'.

Some quotes by Ludwig Van Beethoven -

• " Only the pure in heart can make a good soup."
• " Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."
• " Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life."

Winston Churchill - The powerful Prime Minister of United States (1951 -1955)

4. WINSTON CHURCHILL. Winston Churchill, who was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1951 - 1955 had to face many failures and setbacks before he went on to become the Prime Minister. During his childhood and schooling, it is said that he was poor in his studies and teachers often complained that he was punctual and mischevious.  He had a series of failures in everything that he did - losing elections, losing a war to the Germany for which he was responsible. In spite of numerous failures, he is still considered to be the greatest leader of the 20th century.

Some Quotes by Winston Churchill -

• "Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."
• " A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

Charles Robert Darwin - The influential scientist of the 19th century

5. CHARLES DARWIN. Born to a wealthy medical practitioner, he was expected to pursue the dreams and aspirations of his father. During his schooling, he showed no interest in studies. He writes - " The school as a means of education was a blank. I learned absolutely nothing." Failing to pursue his father's aspiration to take up medicine as a career, he was a constantly ridiculed. His father considered him to be a disgrace to himself and to the entire family. Darwin's curiosity about nature and species pushed him to change his career path. He decided to explore his interest in the study of species and was successful in developing a theory called "The theory of Evolution". Having many more contributions to his name, Darvin is considered as the most influential scientists of the 19th Century.

Some Quotes by Charles Darwin - 

• " A Man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life."
• " To kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the establishing of a new truth or fact."

These personalities and their struggles to achieve successes were not so easy, but they made their journey possible. They finally did succeed. Whenever you get depressed and frustrated about failures, it's time to think about them and take them as inspiration to keep going.

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