Success

You've heard it before: "If at first you don't succeed,
try again." Sometimes you may feel like that's just a
saying, but it is absolutely not. What you had hoped for didn't happen?? Its not the end...Failed so many times?? Let me share with you some of many i can beat my chest to that are successful and in brief what they faced when they faced it. They never gave up.
Stories below show how even horrible tragedies and
setbacks can help fuel a drive for success. Lets start with

Bill Gates
Yes, the richest person in the whole world couldn't
make any money at first. Gates' first company, Traf-O-
Data (a device which could read traffic tapes and
process the data), failed miserably. When Gates and
his partner, Paul Allen, tried to sell it, the product
wouldn't even work. Gates and Allen didn't let that
stop them from trying again though. Here's how Allen
explained how the failure helped them: "Even though
Traf-O-Data wasn’t a roaring success, it was seminal
in preparing us to make Microsoft’s first product a
couple of years later
."
Albert Einstein
Einstein didn't have the best childhood. In fact, many
people thought he was just a dud. He never spoke for
the first three years of his life, and throughout
elementary school, many of his teachers thought he
was lazy and wouldn't make anything of himself. He
always received good marks, but his head was in the
clouds, conjuring up abstract questions people
couldn't understand. But he kept thinking and, well, he
eventually developed the theory of relativity, which
many of us still can't wrap our heads around.
Jim Carrey
Carrey revealed to James Lipton on "Inside the Actor's
Studio" that when he was 15, he had to drop out of
school to support his family. His father was an
unemployed musician and as the family went from
"lower middle class to poor," they eventually had to
start living in a van. Carrey didn't let this stop him
from achieving his dream of becoming a comedian: He
went from having his dad drive him to comedy clubs in
Toronto to starring in mega-blockbusters and being
known as one of the best comedic actors of an era.
Bethany Hamilton had her arm bitten off by a shark.
Hamilton started surfing when she was just a child. At
age 13, an almost-deadly shark attack resulted in her
losing her left arm. She was back on her surfboard one
month later, and two years after that, she won first
place in the Explorer Women’s Division of the NSSA
National Championships
Talk about determination.
Benjamin Franklin
He dropped out of school at age ten.
Franklin's parents could not afford to keep him in
school until his tenth birthday
. That didn't stop the great man from pursuing his
education. He taught himself through voracious
reading, and eventually went on to invent the lightning
rod and bifocals. Oh, and he became one of America's
Founding Fathers.
Richard Branson
Branson was a pretty bad student -- he didn't get
good marks and he did poorly on standardized tests
. Instead of giving up, he used the power of his
personality to drive him to success. Today, Branson,
known for developing Virgin Records and many of its
more technologically advanced spinoffs, is the fourth
richest person in the UK.
Stephen King
His first novel was rejected 30 times.
If it weren't for King's wife, "Carrie" may not have ever
existed. After being consistently rejected by publishing
houses, King gave up and threw his first book in the
trash. His wife, Tabitha, retrieved the manuscript and
urged King to finish it. Now, King's books have sold
over 350 million copies and have been made into
countless major motion pictures.
Oprah Winfrey
She gave birth at age 14 and lost her child.
She is one of the most successful and richest people in
the world today, but Winfrey didn't always have it so
easy. She grew up in Milwaukee, Wis. and was
repeatedly molested by her cousin, uncle and a family
friend
. Sheeventually ran away from home, and at age 14
gave birth to a baby boy who shortly died after.
But Winfrey's tragic past didn't stop her from
becoming the force she is today. She excelled as an
honors student in high school, and won an oratory
contest which secured her a full scholarship to college.
Now the entrepreneur and personality has the
admiration of millions and a net worth of $2.9 billion.
Thomas Edison
Thomas Edison failed 1,000 times before creating the
lightbulb. Although the exact number of tries has been
debated, ranging from 1,000 to 10,000 attempts, it's
safe to say Edison tried and failed a whole lot before
he successfully created his beacon of light. His
response to his repeated failures? “I have not failed.
I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
. Now, you should make your pen(not buy) an sell it to the world.
''...whenever you think you have nothing left,try not to forget its a thought.''-Harkeem Oloyede