As Reported by The Huffington Post Online: 

Jim Carey & Tyler Perry were homeless. Bill Gates 1st business failed. Benjamin Franklin dropped out of school at age 10. Richard Branson has dyslexia. Oprah Winfrey gave birth at age 14yrs old and lost her child. Bethany Hamilton had her arm bitten off by a shark. Stephen King's first novel was rejected 30 times. Thomas Edison failed 1000 times before creating the light bulb. Jay-Z couldn't get signed to any record labels. Charlize Theron witnessed her mother kill her father at age 15yrs old. Steven Spielberg was rejected from USC twice. Simon Cowell had a failed record company. Vincent Van Gough only sold one painting in his life. Franklin Roosevelt became partially paralyzed at age 39. Kris Carr turned her cancer into a business. Finally, a quote from Michael Jordan from an article written by an unknown source that gave this awesome in depth look at his thoughts on FAILURE.

Michael Jordan, considered by many to be the greatest basketball player of all time, was devastated when he was cut from his high school varsity basketball team sophomore year. Good thing failure only inspired him to work harder. 

Here’s what he said about failure: 

“I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot, and I missed. I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.” 

1 John 3:2

King James Bible 

Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.