I've failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed." - Michael Jordan

Even the most famous performers and prosperous entrepreneurs had to start somewhere. For many, that place is, ironically, failure. On the long road to success, failure is an inevitable step many people must take. While no one likes failing, those experiences teach us far more valuable lessons than succeeding on the first try. The key is taking what you've learned and applying it to your next attempt.

It might seem easier to give up on your dreams, but what if Abraham Lincoln, J.K. Rowling, or Michael Jordan had thrown in the towel at the first sign of trouble? Our world would be a much different — and far worse — place if they had. Because they overcame all the obstacles thrown their way, you can too.

These 10 stories of legendary innovators who learned how to fail in order to succeed will inspire you to not only believe in your dreams, but to go after them.

1. Abraham Lincoln

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2. Oprah Winfrey


Long before she was the world's first Black female billionaire, Oprah Winfrey was publicly fired from her first television job as an anchor in Baltimore for getting "too emotionally invested in her stories." But instead of listening to her critics, she followed her heart. After she began hosting a local daytime TV show, People are Talking, she continued to gravitate toward human interest stories that would become her trademark on The Oprah Winfrey Show and later, Oprah.

The talk show revolution she started still influences the television industry — and the world. In her 2013 Harvard commencement speech, she hoped to share some of what she'd learned over her long and successful career: "There is no such thing as failure. Failure is just life trying to move us in another direction."

3. Henry Ford

While you might not love your daily commute, you should still thank Henry Ford for making it, and many other forms of modern transportation, possible. After watching his first automobile business go bankrupt in a year, he easily could have quit, or at least tried to break into another industry. But he trusted his ideas enough to believe in them when no one else did. Finally, in 1903, he manufactured success in the Model A and then, most famously, the Model T in 1908.

Besides being the father of modern transportation, he also invented the modern assembly line. Though his long business career was filled with both successes and failures, he met each one with the resilience he'd taught himself from the very beginning.

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They did their best which unknowingly to them had made a whole lot of difference even to the ends of the world.

4. J.K. Rowling


Today, Muggles of all ages can't imagine a world without the magic of Harry Potter but, once upon a time, J.K. Rowling wasn't so sure. Like many authors, she was no stranger to rejection. The first book of her literary sensation Harry Potter series was rejected 12 times before Bloomsbury decided to take a chance on it. Rowling also recently shared two more rejection letters for a 2013 crime novel written under her pseudonym, with her Twitter followers.

She hoped that by showcasing her own shortcomings she could inspire other writers to never give up on their dreams. Case in point: look what happened when she didn't.

Michael Jordan

Vera Wang

The Wright Brothers


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The only people that should be in that list is Abraham Lincoln, Ford and Wright..... How dare you compare Father Abraham, Ford and the wright brothers with Oprah, Rowling and Jayz. Seriously

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who d fvck is jay z did he struggle??

I think this is about people who make our world today by not giving up(Abraham Lincoln, ford) not people who became what they are today by not giving up(jayz, Oprah, jordan), am expecting the likes of Martin Luther king, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, John F Kennedy, Tim Berners Lee (Credited with founding World Wide Web), Mother Theresa, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Eleanor Roosevelt (helped to draft UN declaration of human rights), Alexander Fleming, Vasili Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov (Preventers of Nuclear War) to mention a few.

what the heck is Jay z doing on the list?....is OP high?

AfroMighty:
I think this is about people who make our world today by not giving up(Abraham Lincoln, ford) not people who became what they are today by not giving up(jayz, Oprah, jordan), am expecting the likes of Martin Luther king, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, John F Kennedy, Tim Berners Lee (Credited with founding World Wide Web), Mother Theresa, Thomas Edison, Eleanor Roosevelt (helped to draft UN declaration of human rights), Alexander Fleming, Vasili Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov (Preventers of Nuclear War) to mention a few.

so true and correct point you have
THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE OUR WORLD TODAY FOR NOT GIVING UP, not the people who became what they are by not giving up

AfroMighty:
I think this is about people who make our world today by not giving up(Abraham Lincoln, ford) not people who became what they are today by not giving up(jayz, Oprah, jordan), am expecting the likes of Martin Luther king, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, John F Kennedy, Tim Berners Lee (Credited with founding World Wide Web), Mother Theresa, Thomas Edison, Eleanor Roosevelt (helped to draft UN declaration of human rights), Alexander Fleming, Vasili Arkhipov and Stanislav Petrov (Preventers of Nuclear War) to mention a few.

Edison didn't do much...he came up with the idea of the filament. Getting a filament that worked was the invention of NIKOLA TESLA.
If anyone makes a list like this and the name NIKOLA TESLA is not there, that list almost valueless.

Most things we know...
-Alternating Current
-The first fully functioning Light Bulb
-The Tesla Coil
-X-Rays
-The Radio (even till today, our children are still being taught that Guglielmo Marconi invented it).
-Remote Control
-Electric Motor
-Laser
-Wireless Technology
...were all founding works of Nikola Tesla

DrayZee:

Edison didn't do much...he came up with the idea of the filament. Getting a filament that worked was the invention of NIKOLA TESLA.
If anyone makes a list like this and the name NIKOLA TESLA is not there, that list almost valueless.

Most things we know...
-Alternating Current
-The first fully functioning Light Bulb
-The Tesla Coil
-X-Rays
-The Radio (even till today, our children are still being taught that Guglielmo Marconi invented it).
-Remote Control
-Electric Motor
-Laser
-Wireless Technology
...were all founding works of Nikola Tesla

To know this about Tesla I'd presume you like reading alternative histories. I do

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DrayZee:

Edison didn't do much...he came up with the idea of the filament. Getting a filament that worked was the invention of NIKOLA TESLA.
If anyone makes a list like this and the name NIKOLA TESLA is not there, that list almost valueless.

Most things we know...
-Alternating Current
-The first fully functioning Light Bulb
-The Tesla Coil
-X-Rays
-The Radio (even till today, our children are still being taught that Guglielmo Marconi invented it).
-Remote Control
-Electric Motor
-Laser
-Wireless Technology
...were all founding works of Nikola Tesla

I agree with you, thomas Edison was just the face, Tesla was the Brain. And besides Edison used and Dumped him

Tesla, Gallileo, newton, Einstein; Darwin, Leimatre, machiavelli, Shakespare........



Where the Bleep are they

Leo Da Vinci nkan?

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op abeg where iz Airforce1 on dis ya list?
eh?

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I tot u mean't "ppl dat av given up & d world does not give a damn".


oshikishiki, i been nor read d topik well oo, c me c ruff play oo!

aaah! my baahd joor!

still waitin 4 Airforce1's album drop till eternity

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hmmm

Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, Mahatma Gandhi, Ken Saro Wiwa

Michelangelo, Beethoven, Da Vinci, Wole Soyinka

Tesla, Darwin, Edison, Newton

Abraham Lincoln, Hadolf Hitler, Awolowo,

Ben Carson, etc

Fela Kuti, Ben Bruce, David Ibiyeomie, Ojukwu, Awolowo, ZIK, Dangote etc

In all ur hustle never give up..its painful and heartbreaking when we fail but the stories is always interesting after success.

Pass tru the test so u can share ur testimony,
Go tru trials so u become triumphant, feel the pains so u can giv the gain. Until you fail u be famous, face the shame and make the name.

I pray as we hustle may the lord pick our calls.

Truely inspiring. Nice1 op

Success is not sweet and well appreciated without a story of struggle and previous failures. This is just reality.

Nelson Mandela should be on that list