David Kevin O'Hara

July 7, 2025

Famous failures who Changed The World

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Hi my friends. Just need to share something.

I Unashamedly pinched from the Pearls of Rumi page on Facebook. I had to share this with you lot, in case you didn't see it. If anyone turns you down, or tells you you aren't good enough. 

๐™๐™–๐™ข๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ "๐™๐™–๐™ž๐™ก๐™ช๐™ง๐™š๐™จ" ๐™’๐™๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ก๐™™! 

โ™ฆ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—˜๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป was expelled from school after only four months; his teacher labeled him mentally deficient. He later became one of the greatest inventors in history.

โ™ฆ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป was pressured to abandon medicine, with his father saying bitterly: "You care about nothing but your fantasies!" He ultimately revolutionized biology with his theory of evolution.

โ™ฆ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜ ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜† fired from a newspaper job for "lacking creativity". He then built an entertainment empire beloved by generations worldwide.

โ™ฆ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜€ music teacher called him utterly talentless. He went on to compose some of the world's most timeless masterpieces.

โ™ฆ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป didn't speak until age four, and his teacher labeled him as mentally handicapped. He became one of history's greatest scientific minds.

โ™ฆ๐—”๐˜‚๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ father declared him an "idiot" after failing the art school entrance exam three times. Rodin is now celebrated as one of the greatest sculptors of all time.

โ™ฆ ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ famously criticized Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" as having "too many notes." Today, Mozart's genius is unquestionable.

โ™ฆ๐——๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ earned average marks in chemistry, yet he later crafted the Periodic Table, fundamentally transforming science.

โ™ฆ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, the legendary creator of Ford automobiles, struggled with basic literacy and declared bankruptcy multiple times before achieving monumental success.

โ™ฆ When ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ invented the radio and described transmitting words through the air, his friends took him to a psychiatrist, thinking he'd lost his mind. Months later, his invention saved countless lives at sea.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ:

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น. ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜€. ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ!

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About David Kevin O'Hara

Iโ€™m Dave, a Durham bloke who roams the UK (and sometimes further) with my partner Debs. We get free places to stay by looking after peopleโ€™s pets, and write about the weird, lovely stuff that happens along the way. Fancy a read? Pop your email in and join 4,000+ fine folk.