In terms of quantity, more history books could be filled with stories of people to gave up, were told to quit and did, or never even tried in the first place than could be written of those who eventually succeeded. But then again, that wouldn’t make for very interesting history.
Here are 25 people – past and present – who failed, were discouraged, or otherwise had reason to throw in the towel, but didn’t. And because of their persistence and dedication, they did make it into the history books.
1. Albert Einstein: The man who won the Nobel Prize and became the authority on physics was, as a child, thought to be stupid and was eventually kicked out of school.
2. Zane Grey: After following in his father’s footsteps and becoming a dentist, Grey continued his first passion of storytelling. Despite multiple rejections of his books, he was eventually published and became a very well-known author.
3. Charlie Chaplin: The iconic character almost never came to be as he was initially turned down by studio executives.
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