Success and Failure

A famous person who was defeated seven times while running for political office?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Abraham Lincoln

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Roald Reagon

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.”

• Scott Adams

• Walt Kelly

• Walt Disney

• Jim Davis

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

• Lane Smith

• J.K. Rowling

• C.S. Lewis

• Dr. Seuss

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

• Elvis Presley

• Carrie Underwood

• Dolly Parton

• Johnny Cash

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?

• Julia Roberts

• Jennifer Aniston

• Whoopi Goldberg

• Sandra Bullock

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

• J.K. Rowling

• C.S. Lewis

• Lane Smith

• Dr. Seuss

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

• LeBron James

• Michael Jordan

• Larry Bird

• Charles Barkley

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

• Thomas Edison

• Wright Brothers

• Benjamin Fraklin

• Steven Jobs

A famous Harvard University drop out?

• Steven Jobs

• Mark Zuckerberg

• Bill Gates

• Matt Damon

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

• Gordan Ramsey

• Harland David Sanders

• Paula Deen

• Rachael Ray