The Vice President of Columbia told this actor that he was never going to make it in the business. The actor? - Harrison Ford
 
His first book was rejected by 12 publishing houses and sixteen agents. - John Grisham
 
Turned down by a recording company saying "We don't like their sound and guitar music is on the way out" They were talking about the Beatles
 
Told by a music teacher "as a composer he was hopeless" - Beethoven
 
Fired from a newspaper because he "lacked imagination and had no original ideas" - Walt Disney
 
Were told by Publishers that "anthologies didn't sell" and the book was "too positive"
Rejected a total of 140 times. The book? Chicken Soup for the Soul. It now has 65 different titles and has sold over 80 million copies all over the world.
 
Told by a teacher he was "too stupid to learn anything" - Thomas Edison
 
Failed the sixth grade - Winston Churchill
 
Wasn't able to speak until he was almost 4 years old and his teachers said he would "never amount to much" - Albert Einstein
 
Did poorly in school and failed at running the family farm - Isaac Newton
 
Was not allowed to wait on customers in the store he worked in because "he didn't have enough sense" - F. W. Woolworth
 
Was cut from the high school basketball team, went home, locked himself in his room and cried - Michael Jordan
 
Producer told her she was "unattractive" and could not act - Marilyn Monroe
 
Auditioned for All My Children and got rejected - Julia Roberts

Never, never, never give up.
“Winston Churchill”