A Quick List of Famous Failures and Rejections for Quick Motivation and Inspiration

Most people know the success stories of their favorite celebrities or heroes, but what most people don't know are the stories about their failures or rejections that they had to go through before getting successful. If you need a quick motivation or inspiration, here is a short list of famous failures and rejections.

• Henry Ford failed and went broke five times before he succeeded.
• Beethoven's teacher called him hopeless as a composer.
• NFL running back Herschel Walker was not accepted to his junior high school football team because the coach said he was too small.
• Colonel Sanders of KFC got rejected over 1000 times before someone finally bought his chicken recipe. At the age of 75, he sold his fried chicken company for $15 million.
• Dr. Seuss's first children's book, "And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street" was rejected by 27 publishers.
• The University of Bern turned down a doctoral dissertation, the student's name was Albert Einstein.
• Charles Darwin was called by his father and some of his teachers "a very ordinary boy, rather below the common standard in intellect."
• Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of ideas, and also went bankrupt before he built Disneyland.
• Thomas Edison's teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything.
• Isaac Newton did poorly in grade school.
• Babe Ruth, who holds the home run record, also holds the record for strikeouts.
• 50 cent was arrested at the age of 19-years old, after a string of run-ins with the cops and a subsequent arrest for possession of drugs and a firearm.
• Elvis Presley was told that he couldn't sing.
• It took Harrison Ford 9 years before he landed his breakthrough role in "American Graffiti".
• Jack Canfield and Mark Victor Hansen's book "Chicken Soup for the Soul" was rejected by 144 publishers.
• It took Jim Carrey 15 years to land his break in Ace Ventura.
• J.K Rowling's first Harry Potter book was rejected by 12 publishers.
• It took Katy Perry 9 years before releasing her hit song I Kissed A Girl.
• Stephen King's first book Carrie was rejected by 30 publishers.
• Sylvester Stallone was broke and homeless, and also was rejected 1,500 times before he decided to write the script for Rocky.
• The Beatles were told that “guitar groups were on their way out.”
• Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team.
• It took LeBron James 9 years before he won his first championship.
• Jeremy Lin was undrafted and jumped around different teams before becoming "Linsanity" on the New York Knicks.
• Stephen Curry had no offers for college basketball when he graduated high school.
• Manny Pacquiao was living in extreme poverty and hunger before eventually becoming one of the best boxers in history.

If you ever need a quick dose of motivation or inspiration, remember the stories of the celebrities in this list before you give up on your goals and dreams.