For the moments you want to give up

To those struggling in situations in life and feel like giving up.

Don't.

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Henry Ford: the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His business and net wealth comes to about 188 billion!

But before that he failed and became broke FIVE TIMES.
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Thomas Edison: the brilliant inventor who invented the light bulb.

But in school, his teachers said he was "too stupid to learn anything." He was fired from his first two jobs for being "non-productive." As an inventor, Edison made 1,000 unsuccessful attempts before inventing the light bulb.
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Abraham Lincoln: one of the greatest and most renown Presidents in US history, he succesfully led the country through the Civil War, as well as being the President to get rid of slavery in the U.S.

But before that he went to war a captain and returned after being DEMOTED to private. Afterwards, he was a failure as a businessman. As a lawyer in Springfield, he was too impractical and temperamental to be a success. He turned to politics and was defeated in his first try for the legislature, again defeated in his first attempt to be nominated for congress, and again defeated in his application to be commissioner of the General Land Office.
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Michael Jordan: "the greatest basketball player of all time." - National Basketball Association

But in high school, MJ was cut from his basketball team because he was too short and just couldn't play properly.
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Albert Einstein: recieved the Nobel prize for Physics in 1921, his contributions to science from aaages ago are still studied now! Time Magazine in 1999 named him 'Person of the Century'.

But he did not speak until he was 4 years old and did not read until he was 7. His parents thought he was "sub-normal," and one of his teachers described him as "mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift forever in foolish dreams." He was expelled from school and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic School. He did eventually learn to speak and read. Even to do a little math.
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Walt Disney: founder of Walt Disney Company, Disneyland, and all those movies you love! WD now earns an estimated 35 billion a year. A YEAR.

But before that he was fired by a newspaper editor because "he lacked imagination and had no good ideas." He went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.
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The Beatles: the most commercially and critically successful band of all time in the entertainment and music industry. In 2004 Rolling Stone magazine ranked them NUMBER ONE in their top 100 artists of all time.

But before they became big, they were rejected by numerous major record labels like Columbia Records. CEO of Decca Records said that "We don't like their sound. Groups of guitars are on their way out."
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Dr. Seuss: an awesome writer of over 60 children's stories, like Cat In A Hat, which are known and adored worldwide.

But 27 publishers rejected his first book. He tried 28 times to get discovered!
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Similar stuff from this book I've reading recently:

Rom 4:18 - "Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations."

Galatians 6:9 - "And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up."

2 Chronicles 15:7 - "But as for you, be strong and do not give up, for your work will be rewarded."

Rom 8:25 - "But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience."