Edison had 1,000 documented failed designs of the light bulb.
It took the Wright brothers 1,000 trials to increase their distance traveled by a mere 200 feet.
Colonel Sanders’ famous secret chicken recipe was rejected over 1,000 times before KFC accepted it.
It’s easy to be discouraged by failure. Brick walls are being built around us everyday. At first glance they may seem like they are keeping us out, but if you stick around long enough, you’ll find something different.
Brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something.
Walt Disney was fired from a newspaper company because he “lacked imagination and had no good ideas.”
When Walt Disney finally made it, he famously said,
“If you can dream it, you can do it.”
… BAM take that brick wall.