Life is Full of Hard Knocks

...a famous person who was defeated seven times while running for political office.

• Abraham Lincoln

• George Washington

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• John Kennedy

...a cartoonist who was told by the editor of the Kansas City newspaper, “It’s easy to see from these sketches that you have no talent.”

• Walt Disney

• Charles Schulz

• Stan Lee

• Vincent van Gogh

…an author whose first children’s book was rejected by 23 different publishers?

• Dr. Seuss

• JK Rowling

• William Shakespeare

• Pat Conroy

…a famous singer who was fired after his first performance at the Grand Ole Opry?

• Elvis Presley

• Prince

• Bono

• Ariana Grande

…a famous actress who dropped out of high school and held a variety of odd jobs, including doing the hair and make-up for corpses, before finally succeeding in show business?

• Whoopi goldberg

• Drew Barrymore

• Margot Robbie

• Scarlett Johansson

…a famous author who lived on welfare for years in an apartment infested with mice?

• JK Rowling

• JRR Tolkien

• Stephen King

• Brené Brown

…a famous athlete who was cut from the varsity basketball team his sophomore year in high school?

• Michael Jordan

• Kobe Bryant

• Larry Bird

• Pete Maravich

…an inventor who was thrown out of school in the early grades because his teachers thought he couldn’t learn?

• Thomas Edison

• Leonardo da Vinci

• Nikola Tesla

• Madam CJ Walker

…a famous Harvard University drop out?

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

• Steve Wozniak

…an inventor of a fried chicken recipe that was rejected by more than 1000 restaurant owners?

• Harland David Sanders

• Alvin C Copeland

• S Truett Cathy

• Elvis