Dismissed from drama school with a note that read, "Wasting your time".
She's too shy to put her best foot forward.

Lucille Ball (One of the most popular and influential stars in the United States during her lifetime, she had one of Hollywood's longest careers, especially on television)

Turned down by the Decca recording company who said, "We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out".

The Beatles (the most commercially successful rock band)

A failed soldier, farmer, and real estate agent.
At 38 years old, he went to work for his father as a handyman.

Ulysses S. Grant (the 18th President of the United States)

Cut from the high school basketball team.

He went home, locked himself in his room, and cried.

Michael Jordan (an American former professional basketball player)

A teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything and he should go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.

Thomas Edison (an American inventor and businessman)

Fired from a newspaper because he lacked imagination and had no original ideas.

Walt Disney (an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator)

His fiancée died, he failed in business twice, he had a nervous breakdown, and he was defeated in eight elections.

Abraham Lincoln (the 16th President of the United States)

If you've never failed, you've never lived.