some famous failures…

some famous failures…

george washington lost two thirds of the battles he fought, yet he’s the founder of our nation.

napoleon graduated 42nd in a class of 43. then he went out and conquered europe. maybe grades don’t matter that much. what matters is your determination, your persistence and your willingness to make something of yourself.

babe ruth hit 714 home runs during his career but he also struck out 1330 times. nobody talks about that. he struck out almost twice as many times as he hit home runs. yet he once said, “never let the fear of striking out keep you from taking a swing at the ball.”

english author john creasy received 753 rejection slips from publishers who wouldn’t publish his books. but at the same time he published 564 books in his lifetime. he wouldn’t let rejection stop him. if someone didn’t like it, he’d try somewhere else.

r. p. macy, the guy who founded macy’s department store, failed seven times at retailing – seven bankruptcies before he started macy’s, which was obviously a big success.

if at first you don’t succeed, big deal! welcome to the human race. it’s usually the second, third, fourth time you actually get it right. you are never a failure until you give up. the bible tells us, remember that everybody fails and realize it’s not fatal.

just a thought from the front porch…