Dr Suess
The Cartoonist, Writer and Animator
Published over 60 books including The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham but he was rejected a shocking 27 times before publishing his first book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Streets.
Quotes:
Today you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you.
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go.
J.K Rowling
The Novelist, Screenwriter and film producer
Best known as the author of the Harry Porter, fantasy series
The Harry Porter manuscript was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury picked it up. Now the series has been translated into 73 languages and has earned over $400 million dollars in book sales.
The Harry Porter manuscript was rejected by 12 publishers before Bloomsbury picked it up. Now the series has been translated into 73 languages and has earned over $400 million dollars in book sales.
We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.
James Dyson
The Inventor, Industrial designer and founder of Dyson company
Best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner
He stated that:
There are countless times an inventor can give up on an idea. By the time I made my 15th prototype, my third child was born. By 2,627, my wife and I were really counting our pennies. By 3,727, my wife was giving art lessons for some extra cash. These were tough times, but each failure brought me closer to solving the problem.Quotes:
Enjoy failure and learn from it. You can never learn from success.
After the idea, there is plenty of time to learn the technology.
There is nothing wrong with things taking time.
Steven Spielberg
Director, Screenwriter and Producer
He is one of the founding pioneers of the New Hollywood era and one of the most influential personalities in the history of film, perhaps the best-known director of Hollywood.
He was rejected for 3 times by The University of Southern California due to poor grades in high school but later the university awarded him with an honorary degree. Steven Spielberg directed 51 films and won 3 Oscars.
Quotes:
I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day, I'm dreaming for a living.
All of us every single year, we are a different person. I don't think we are the same person all our lives.
People have forgotton how to tell a stroy. Stoties don't have a middle or an end any more. They usually have a begining that never stops beginning.
Jack Canfield
Author, Motivational Speaker and Entrepreneur
Canfield and his co-author faced 144 rejections from publishers in a period of 14 months. His book Chicken Soup for the Soul the third best-selling book in US during mid 1990s. More than 500 million copies has been sold in over 40 languages.
Quotes:
Decide what you want. Believe you can have it. Believe you deserve it and believe it's possible for you.
Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.
Everything you want is the other side of fear.
Soichiro Honda
Founder of Honda Motor Co., Ltd
His factory was hit by a bomb in World War 2. He rebuilt it. Then an earthquake leveled it. He denied to admit defeat and reconstructed it and now you know where the company stands.
Quotes:
Instead of being afraid of the challenge and failure, be afraid of avoiding the challenge and doing nothing.
Mnay people only dream about success, while for me success is to overcome permanent failures.
Success represents the 1% of your work, which results from the 99% that is called failure.
Sylvester Stallone
Actor, Filmmaker and Screenwriter
Well known as Rocky Balboa and John Rambo
Stallone born with some parts of his face paralyzed. He was rejected 1500 times (who counted this idk) by everyone in the film industry that he could get a meeting with.
He became the third person in history after being nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor award for the same film, after Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles.
Quotes:
Life is not about how hard of a hit you can give. It's about how many you can take and still keep moving.
You must fail a hundred times to succeed once.
Don't discuss your dreams, pursue them.
Thomas Alva Edison
The inventor
Ameria's greatest inventor
Thomas Edison failed 10,000 times before successfully inventing a long-lasting and highly efficient lightbulb.
Quotes:
The most famous and very motivational quote which is one of my favorite quotes
I have not failed, I have just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percenet perspiration.
Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to seccceed is alway to try just one more time.
Steven Paul Jobs
The Inventor, Businessman and Industrial designer
Co-Founder and CEO of Apple Inc, CEO and majority shareholder of Pixar and Founder, member of The Walt Disney Company's board of directors and CEO of NeXT
Quotes:
Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.
Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes. It is best to admit them quickly, and get on with improving your other innovations.
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.
My favorite things in life don't cost any money. It's really clear that the most precious resource we all have is time.
I'm convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.
William Henry Bill Gates
Business magnate, Author and Investor
Co-Founder, CEO and Chief Software Architect at Microsoft
Bill Gates was dropped out by Harvard University. The business, Traf-O-Data he was co-owner of, failed. Driven by his passion for computer programming, Gates built what would become the world's largest software company. Microsoft went public in 1986, and by the next year its rising share price made then-31-year-old Gates the world's youngest self-made billionaire. An investor in the initial public offering would have seen a return of 30,207 percent.
Quotes:
If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.
I really had a lot of dreams when I was a kid, and I think a great deal of that grew out of the fact that I had a chance to read a lot.
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
Don't compare yourself with anyone in this world. If you do so, you are insulting yourself.
Patience is a key element of SUCCESS.
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