Success stories of great men and great women who started from failures

Every one in their life time goes through lot of failures. Some can fight it hard, some can manage failures and find a way out of it, some will succumb to failures. This hub is showing you the Success stories of 12 all time greats who started their life facing failures and defeats. This hub shows you how these greats amwill give some solace and encouragement to those who are always facing obstacles in their life. How one can face failures and achieve success. With dedication and self confidence and hard work, how great people managed failures and find success in the end. I am sure these stories will give them that extra push for finding success. When complete reading these success stories I am sure that your opinion will change for good. Failures are stepping stone of success. Rome is not built in a day. I have no luck. This is the most common sentence uttered by the failed people. Luck only favors the brave. You can over come the failures and achieve success in life. If you put all the efforts and try it till the end then luck ,success, god will follow and you can achieve success.
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1.SUCCESS STORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN

We all know who is Abraham Lincoln. He was the president of USA. There is a number of failures for him before getting the president ship.

At 21 years of age, he failed in the business.

At 22 year of age, he was defeated in the election for assembly.

At 24 years of age, he again tasted failure in the business.

At 26 years of age , his lover passes away.

At 27 years of age, he was in deep mental agony.

At 34 years of age, he was defeated in the American congress election.

At 45 years of age, he was defeated in the senate election.

At 47 years of age, he was defeated in the election for vice-president.

At 49 years of age, he was again defeated in the senate election.

AT 52 YEARS OF AGE ABRAHAM LINCOLN WON THE ELECTION FOR PRESIDENT.

Normally one would have fed up with the defeat and live with what he has. But Lincoln have fought all the defeats and found the success in the end.

2.SUCCESS STORY OF THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Once a student named Tomy returned home from school crying loud. On seeing this his mother asked him what had happened. He show her a letter from his class teacher. His classteacher complained that Tomy is not clever, brilliant and smart enough to continue in the school. He is a laggard and the teacher wants the Tomy's mother to transfer Tomy from the school. This Tomy later become the great scientist THOMA ALVA EDISON. Thomas Alva Edison had only 3 month education in the school. Thomas Elva Edison failed around 1000 times in the discovery of Electric bulb.

3.SUCCESS STORY OF DHIRUBHAI AMBANI

Dhirubhai Ambani started his entrepreneurial career by selling "bhajias" to pilgrims in Mount Girnar over the weekends during his early days. After doing his matriculation at the age of 16, Dhirubhai moved to Aden, Yemen. He worked there as a gas-station attendant, and as a dispatch clerk with A.Besse & Co. After becoming the distributor for the Shell products,A.Besse & Co promoted Dhirubhai to manage the company`s oil filling station at the port of Aden. But he returned to India in 1958 with Rs 50,000 and started the Reliance Commercial Corporation with a capital of Rs 15,000. From modest Rs.50,000 his empire now worth around 10 lakhs crores. What more he does not attend the school. If one have the patience and self confidence and dedication for the aim in his life, one can taste success. Success will always follow the hard work. Clouds cannot always keep the sun in darkness.

4.SUCCESS STORY OF WILMA RUDOLF

The women who got 3 gold medals in Athletics in 1960 Olympics. Behind this fantastic achievement there is story to be told. True encouragement for those guys who are desperate for success. For those people who think that they have disabilities and shortcomings and can't succeed like other winners, please read it .

Wilma Rudolf got Pneumonia and stroke at the age of 4. She has to wear Brace as per medical advice. Everyone believed she could not walk all through life. But her mother was not among them. She believed in hard work and dedication and confidence. She encouraged Wilma to expect good and feel good and work for the best. Her mother was confident that with practice and hard work coupled with divine touch Wilma can walk again. The aim of Wilma was to become the fastest women in the world.

From the age of 9, she began to walk despite the advice of doctors not to do so. Then from 13 th year onwards she began to participate in the races. But in all races she could only manage last places. At the age of 15 she began training under Ed temple ,the trainer at Tennissi state University. Wilma worked hard under the trainer and her confidence was high. Her greatest weapon was hard work and confidence in her. At 1960 Olympics her opponent in 100m race was Jatta Hayden who was never defeated. Wilma defeated her and won gold medal. In 200 m race also Wilma defeated Hayden and won gold medal. In 400 m relay baton fallen from Wilma ,but she took it back and won the race.

In my belief not all have disabilities and short comings like Wilma had. But we believe we are short of some thing. We are not like winners. We lack something that winners have. It is the inner self that decide winner and looser. Every one can be a winner provided one put the hard work and dedication in the work.

5.SUCCESS STORY OF WARREN BUFFET

As a young boy, he delivered newspapers and filed his first tax return at age 13 – and he claimed $35 deduction for the bicycle he bought. Now he is the second richest person in the world.

The theme behind all the stories are that these leaders dream big. Really big.

6.SUCCESS STORY OF LARRY PAGE AND SERGEY BRIN

No need of introduction. In 1998 Google sets up workspace in Susan Wojcicki's garage at 232 Santa Margarita, Men-lo park and Larry and Sergey hire Craig Silverstein as their first employee. Rest is history. They too failed first. They approached Yahoo in their earlier years for selling the idea. But the reply was NO. Then what happened. Now Google is bigger than Yahoo.

Nowadays people tend to give more focus on failures. They easily come to the conclusion that they are not capable of doing it. Any one who believes he can do it, can do it hundreds of times if he try it for 99 times. There is no short cut to success. Success can be achieved only by hard work and practice. Without these thing success will always elude you. All success people have short comings. All failed people too have short comings. The difference is that success people try hard to impair their shortcomings but failed one repent and live and die along with their shortcomings.

7.SUCCESS STORY OF NATALIE DU TOIT.

She lost her left leg in an accident in 2001. She become the first leg amputee to participate in the Paralympics and Olympics. In Beijing 2008 Olympics in 10k open water race she finished creditable 16 th out of 24 racers. Just over one minute behind the winner. The event is termed as Wrestling in water. That shows the stamina NATALIE DU TOIT has. If she live the life after the accident just like the majority do then we may not have heard her name . She done it with her courage and hard work and determination.

Above mentioned stories always encourages desperate guys. Almost all human beings failed in their life numerous times. Almost every one. There is a story behind every success. The path to success is difficult. It is only the first that is always talked more. Neel Armstrong is more famous than Edwin Adrin. People will remember success for more time. They will remember the guy who come the first. Not the second.

Once Carl Marx said ' change is the only thing that does not change'. Change your life for good. Things will follow. There is no short cut to success. When you do the half the god will you the another half. There is no point in saying god is not favoring me. I have no luck. Luck will only favor the brave. Those who have Never say die attitude will succeed in life. Waiting for the god to give every thing in life is rubbish. God give the half only to those who are hard working and dedicate.

"Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm"'. These are the words of Winston Churchill. There is no easy success. Failures are the stepping stone of success. This great man had failed in the 6 th grade. Can you believe.

8.SUCCESS STORY OF MARILYN MONROE

One Producer told her she was "unattractive" and could not act. If she heard that words and obeyed according to it,then what will be her life. She tried hard and achieved success.

9.SUCCESS STORY OF ADOLF HITLER

Adolf Hitler come from peasant family. He worked as a construction worker. He was fired by the boss from his job. He does not own a home in his early years. He lives in abject poverty. He was not admitted into the art school. He was rejected by the Austrian army for the reason that he is unfit. Even if he got into German army , he never rose above the rank of corporal.

10.SUCCESS STORY OF SACHIN TENDULKAR

The great Sachin that we all know had never attended college. During his early periods he was trying to become a fast bowler and started training to become a pace bowler. But the great Dennis Lille was not impressed with him and ask him to focus in his batting. Rest is history. For 79 one dayers he could not score a century. In the 80 th One day he got it and then the centuries are flowing now. It is not stopped yet. He is the most successful Indian sports men. He has the most fans in the world. He is the most respected individual in India. Still he is booed off by the home ground, at Wankade stadium, Mumbai. for his lack of in the India-England series. He was suffering from lot of injuries and all doubted his good days are over. His critics gained more voice and all expect Sachin to say good bye to the sport. 2000-2007 was the most worrisome for the Great. Even the then coach Chappel want him to resign from the team.

Clouds can't keep the sun under it for long. Then through hard work and dedication Sachin got back into form and created new records in Cricket like, Most centuries in cricket both in test and odi's , 2oo in Odi, Most runs in tests and Odi. Now no one dare to touch him. He is the only one to decide his date of retirement. The career of Sachin should taught us the way how one should approach life. His life combined with ups and downs. The hard work he put into his work truly admirable. Dedication, self confidence, ability to stay grounded amidst much fanfare, belief in his abilities, punctuality keep him the most admired and successful personalities in the world.

11.SUCCESS STORY OF HIROTODA

This is a man who has no hands, no legs. What is the importance of Hirotoda?. What you can expect from this man. Normally what these handicapped people will do. You can imagine. But Hirotoda learn to write using his chin and shoulders. He has completed education. What more?. He has written an autobiography named 'GOTAI FUMANZOKU'. This book sold in more numbers than any other book in japan. He has completed teaching education and he started to work as a teacher. If Hirotoda can achieve all these without any hands or legs, then think about you who have been bestowed with all organs and abilities.

12.SUCCESS STORY OF J.K.ROWLING

There was girl named Joe. She lived in a flat having only one room. She is having a girl child to whom one room is not enough to play. Joe is very fond of writing. But the child won't let her to write. So she take her to coffee shop and she wrote stories at the coffee shop. Joe and her daughter spend the time like this. She doesn't get a any help from her husband. He had left her long back. Joe was struggling to meet both ends met. Still she worked hard to write as much as she can in the coffee shop. With all the hard work her first book was published and the name of the book is ' Harry potter and philosopher stone '. She got 1500 pound for her first book. Now that Joe is popularly called J.K.Rowling. She is more richer that Queen Elizabeth. Now her earning comes to around 54.5crores pounds . How come that possible for a lady living alone without any help. It is due to her preservance and hard work. She stick to her abilities. God gave the rest. My advice for the desperate guys is, not to prey to the God for money and wealth. You have some abilities. Try to use those abilities in you. Make your abilities work for you. God will give you the rest.

Steve Jobs need no introduction to anybody in the world. But you know he had slept in the floor of friends's door rooms. He returned coke bottles for money. Steve jobs while in India, regularly got weekly free meals from local temple. A below par student as per the teachers of his school. But how he made Billions. Sheer hard work and confidence in his abilities. Perseverance and sticking to his strengths and proving that he means business. Rest is history.

A great success story.... Walt Disney dropped out from school at the age of 16. First he worked as cartoonist. Rejected from the army due to under age, He worked as a news paper artist. No body wanted to hire him as artist. Then he moved to a new job of making ads for news papers which was a temporary job. Then along with his brother he acquired Laugh-O-Gram which went into bankruptcy and he was unable to pay his debts. But he never losses heart. He continued working hard and explored newer ways of making successes and rest is history.

Every one in the world now knows about Infosys. But how many knows how the company come into existence. N.R.Narayana murthy who is the founder of the company had borrowed $250 from his wife, Sudha Murthy for starting the company. Mr. Murthy had a dream. But no money. But he has the courage and knowledge and dedication. Early days the company had no phone, no car, no independent office. The company was on the brink of collapse during the early years. Still they managed to keep it float. His conviction about his skills and will power make things happen. Now Infosys is a fortune 500 company and India's second largest software company. Any one invested in 100 shares of Infosys in 1993 when the share was offered at Rs.93 to public, their wealth now stands at more than 2 Crores. This is a truely great success story.

Jesse Owens, a great hero and great story behind and a great personality too. His path towards glory and fame is an eye opener for everyone. Everyone who is facing trouble times can look forward to him and after reading these sentences can make them rejuvenated. Jesse Owens was born in 1913 and his childhood, he gone through abject poverty. His teacher in the school found out the talent of Jesse. He worked in the shoe repair shop in the evening and found out time to exercise in the morning. Since being a black, he has to suffer a lot. He was rejected from the good facilities, food, better mode of travel etc... during the early career. No scholarship, no free meal. He had raced with race horses and motor vehicle in order to earn money. He had worked in a gas station for meeting both ends meet. The poverty in his family make him to work even at the age of 7. All through these difficulties, he kept his talent and worked the way to keep justice to the talent. Hard work and dedication and confidence in his abilities reward him in the form of 4 gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. His record in the long jump stood for around 25 years. He was awarded with presidential medal of freedom.