The only thing that will ever stand between you and success is yourself. When someone tells you that you can’t do something, pay attention; they’re simply daring you to do it.

Do this and in a few years, those who made fun of you will be telling their children about how they got the chance to meet you.

Henry Ford went broke five times before going on to found Ford Motor Company.

Bill Gates’ first business, Traf-O-Data, failed tragically after he dropped out of Harvard; he is now the founder of Microsoft and among the world’s richest individuals.

Walt Disney was fired from his newspaper editing position for “lack[ing] imagination and ha[ving] no good ideas." Ever been to Disneyland?

Thomas Edison was called "too stupid to learn anything” and failed 1,000 times. Look up. See that lightbulb? You can thank Edison for that.

Oprah Winfrey was fired for being "unfit for TV.” She is now one of the most successful and richest women in the world due to her iconic TV presence.

Ludwig Van Beethoven’s teachers doubted he would ever amount to anything in the music industry. He went on to compose arguably the best symphonies of all time. Did I mention he was deaf?

Here’s the thing:

Understand that you will be made fun of. You will doubt yourself. You will convince yourself that you can’t do something. There will be days when you do not want to get out of bed; when you do not think that you can go any further; where you think you have given everything you’ve got. Most of all, you will fail.

But keep going.