Today, we will show you 5 individuals who won against all the odds. Their fights and success stories is bound to motivate you and it teaches us not to give up no matter what the situation is.
"It is the courage to continue that counts"- Churchill
1. Claudius:
A Roman from a noble family who suffered from several health problems throughout his life, avoided assassination of his family because nobody thought he was as a threat. Later, he became the emperor, conquered Britain and became the greatest rulers of ancient Rome.
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt:
4 times president of Usa, was paralyzed below the waist due to polio. To run for public office, he taught himself to walk walk a short distance using a cane while wearing iron braces and took great care to never appear in wheel chair before the public.
3. Colonel Sanders,
the founder of KFC, left school at 13, lost numerous jobs, his wife left him at the age of 65, he retired as a failure dependent on his savings and money from social security. Knowing he was a good cook, he borrowed some money to buy chicken, sold it door to door, founded Kentucky Fried Chicken and became a billionaire at 88.
4. Karoly Takacs,
a top pistol shooter of his time, was preparing for the Olympics when one day during a training session with his army squad, his right hand was mutilated by a hand grenade. Instead of giving up, he practiced with his left hand and won a gold medal at both 1948 and 1952 olympics.
5. Jean- Dominique Bauby
became entirely speechless after suffering a stroke at 43. His mouth, legs, arms were paralyzed and he could only blink.He began dictating the account of his life and dreams using the blink of left eye to choose the letter which was then noted. Using this method he wrote the number one best selling book: The Driving Bell and Butterfly which was later adapted to produce a multiple award winning movie.
"It is the courage to continue that counts"- Churchill
1. Claudius:
A Roman from a noble family who suffered from several health problems throughout his life, avoided assassination of his family because nobody thought he was as a threat. Later, he became the emperor, conquered Britain and became the greatest rulers of ancient Rome.
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt:
4 times president of Usa, was paralyzed below the waist due to polio. To run for public office, he taught himself to walk walk a short distance using a cane while wearing iron braces and took great care to never appear in wheel chair before the public.
3. Colonel Sanders,
the founder of KFC, left school at 13, lost numerous jobs, his wife left him at the age of 65, he retired as a failure dependent on his savings and money from social security. Knowing he was a good cook, he borrowed some money to buy chicken, sold it door to door, founded Kentucky Fried Chicken and became a billionaire at 88.
4. Karoly Takacs,
a top pistol shooter of his time, was preparing for the Olympics when one day during a training session with his army squad, his right hand was mutilated by a hand grenade. Instead of giving up, he practiced with his left hand and won a gold medal at both 1948 and 1952 olympics.
5. Jean- Dominique Bauby
became entirely speechless after suffering a stroke at 43. His mouth, legs, arms were paralyzed and he could only blink.He began dictating the account of his life and dreams using the blink of left eye to choose the letter which was then noted. Using this method he wrote the number one best selling book: The Driving Bell and Butterfly which was later adapted to produce a multiple award winning movie.
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