But They Did Not

Give Up !
Engr. Robin C. Rubina
Quality, Environment, Safety
and Health (QESH) Manager,
QESH Practitioner & Trainer
Philippines

Ever tried.
Ever failed.
No matter.
Try Again.
Fail again.
Fail better.
~ Samuel Beckett

 As a young man, he went to war a captain and

returned a 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, defeated in
his application to be commissioner of the General
Land Office, defeated in the senatorial election of
1854, defeated in his efforts for the vicepresidency in 1856, and defeated in the senatorial
election of 1858.

Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809
April 15, 1865) was the sixteenth President
of the United States, March 4, 1861 to April
15, 1865. During his term, he helped
preserve the United States by leading the
defeat of the secessionist Confederate
States of America in the American Civil
War. He introduced measures that resulted
in the abolition of slavery, issuing his
Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and
promoting the passage of the Thirteenth
Amendment to the US Constitution in 1865.

 He failed sixth grade.

He was subsequently defeated in every
election for public office until he became
Prime Minister at the age of 62.
He later wrote, "Never give in, never give
in, never, never, never, never - in nothing,
great or small, large or petty - never give
in except to convictions of honor and
good sense. Never, Never, Never, Never
give up."

Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill,
(30 November 1874 24 January 1965)
was a British politician who served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from
1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to
1955. A noted statesman, orator and
strategist, Churchill was also a officer in
the British Army. He has been studied to a
unique extent as part of modern British
and world history. A prolific author, he won
the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 for his
own historical writings.

 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, Hemade 1,000
unsuccessful attempts at inventing the
light bulb.
When a reporter asked, "How did it feel to
fail 1,000 times?" He replied, "I didnt fail
1,000 times. The light bulb was an
invention with 1,000 steps."

Thomas Edison
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11,
1847 October 18, 1931) was an
American inventor and businessman
who developed many devices that
greatly influenced life around the
world, including the phonograph and a
long lasting light bulb. Dubbed "The
Wizard of Menlo Park" by a newspaper
reporter, he was one of the first
inventors to apply the principles of
mass production to the process of
invention, and therefore is often
credited with the creation of the first
industrial research laboratory.

"Genius is one percent

inspiration, ninety-nine percent
perspiration." - Thomas Alva
Edison, Harper's Monthly
(September 1931)

 He did not speak until he was 4-years-old

and did not read until he was 7.
His parents thought he was "subnormal," 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.

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein (March 14, 1879 April
18, 1955) was a German-born
theoretical physicist.
He is best known for his theory of
relativity and specifically mass-energy
equivalence, E = mc2. Einstein
received the 1921 Nobel Prize in
Physics "for his services to Theoretical
Physics, and especially for his
discovery of the law of the
photoelectric effect.

 He was fired by a newspaper editor

because "he lacked imagination and had
no good ideas."
He went bankrupt several times before
he built a popular theme park.
In fact, the proposed park was rejected
by the city of Anaheim on the grounds
that it would only attract riffraff.

Walt Disney
Walter Elias Disney (December 5, 1901
December 15, 1966) was an American film
producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor,
animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.
Disney is notable as one of the most influential
and innovative figures in the field of
entertainment during the twentieth century. As
the co-founder (with his brother Roy O. Disney)
of Walt Disney Productions, Walt became one
of the best-known motion picture producers in
the world. He is also well-known as the
namesake for Disneyland and Walt Disney
World Resort theme parks in the United States,
France, Japan and China.

"Our greatest glory is

not in never falling but
in rising every time we
fall."
~ Confucius

 He sold only one painting during his

life.
And this to the sister of one of his
friends for 400 francs
(approximately $50).
This didn't stop him from completing
over 800 paintings.

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh (30 March
1853 29 July 1890) was a Dutch
Post-Impressionist artist. His paintings
and drawings include some of the
world's best known, most popular and
most expensive pieces.
The painting was the inspiration for French
composer Henri Dutilleux's orchestral work
Timbres, Espace, Mouvement and for Don
McLean's song "Vincent", which is also
known by its opening words, "Starry, Starry
Night."

 After his first performance as a hotel

bellhop in the film Dead Heat on a MerryGo-Round, the studio vice-president called
him in to his office.
"Sit down kid," the studio head said, "I want
to tell you a story. The first time Tony Curtis
was ever in a movie he delivered a bag of
groceries. We took one look at him and
knew he was a movie star."
The vice president dismissed him with "You
ain't got it kid , you ain't got it ... now get out
of here."

Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford (born July 13, 1942) is an American
actor. He is best known for his performances as the
tough, wisecracking space pilot Han Solo in the Star
Wars film series, and the adventurous
archaeologist/action hero in the Indiana Jones film
series.
Ford has also been the star of many high-grossing
hits Hollywood blockbusters such as Air Force One
and The Fugitive, which have distanced him from his
famous Star Wars and Indiana Jones roles. At one
point Ford had roles in the top five box-office hits of
all time, though his role in 1982's E.T. the ExtraTerrestrial (as Elliot's school principal) was deleted
from the final cut of the film. Five of his films have
been inducted into the National Film Registry.

 He was cut from his high school

basketball team
He was deemed too short to play at
that level

Michael Jordan
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17,
1963) is a retired American professional
basketball player. Widely considered one of
the greatest basketball players of all time, he
became one of the most effectively marketed
athletes of his generation and was
instrumental in popularizing the NBA
(National Basketball Association) around the
world in the 1980s and 1990s.

"I've missed more than 9000 shots

in my career.
I've lost almost 300 games
26 times I've been trusted to
take the game winning shot ...
and missed.
I've failed over and over and
over again in my life. That is
why I succeed."
~ Michael Jordan

 One week after birth, he was put up for adoption by his

unmarried mother
He graduated from high school and enrolled in Reed
College in Portland, Oregon and dropped out after only
one semester
He started a company and became its Chairman
He lured John Sculley away from Pepsi-Cola, to serve as
his CEO, challenging him, "Do you want to spend the rest
of your life selling sugared water, or do you want a
chance to change the world?
Some of his employees had described him as an erratic
and tempestuous manager and at the end of May 1985
following an internal power struggle and an
announcement of significant layoffs Sculley relieved him
In mid-2004, he had been diagnosed with a malignant
tumor in his pancreas

Steve Jobs
Steven Paul Jobs (born February
24, 1955) is the co-founder and
CEO of Apple and was the CEO
of Pixar until its acquisition by
Disney. He is currently the
largest Disney shareholder and a
member of Disney's Board of
Directors. He is considered a
leading figure in both the
computer and entertainment
industries