Success or Failure?

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

• Bill Cosby

• Donald Trump

• Abraham Lincoln

• Mickey Mouse

…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

• Dr. Seuss

• Bugs Bunny

• Mr. Key

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

• Clifford the Big Red Dog

• Mrs. Volpenhein

• Dr. Seuss

• Mighty Mouse

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

• Spiderman

• Wes Moore

• Walt Disney

• Elvis Presley

…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

• Mrs. Muennich

• Whoopi Goldberg

• Wonder Woman

• J.K. Rowling

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

• Robin Hood

• Harry Potter

• J.K. Rowling

• Elvis Presley

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

• Thomas Edison

• Donald Duck

• Michael Jordan

• Michael Phelps

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

• James Bond

• Mr. Meyer

• Walt Disney

• Thomas Edison

…a famous Harvard University drop out

• Mrs. Brady

• Ironman

• Michael Jordan

• Mark Zuckerberg

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

• Harland David Sanders

• Popeye

• Captain America

• Whoopi Goldberg