LESSONS FROM THE WORLD MOST PROMINENT MEN

*1. Dr. Ben Carson said,* "I struggled academically throughout elementary school yet became the best Neurosurgeon in the World in 1987"

*LESSON:* Struggling is a sign that you are on a verge of success. Don't quit yet.

*2. Oprah Winfrey said,* I was raped at the age of 9 yet I am one of the most influential women in the World"

*LESSON:* Don't let your past decide your future.

*3. Bill Gate said,* "I didn't even complete my university education but became the World's richest man"

*LESSON:* School does not make you rich. School is only suppose to Polish what will make you rich, not make you Rich.

*4. Joyce Meyer said & I quote,* "I was sexually, mentally, emotionally and verbally abused by my father as far back as I can remember, until I left home at the age of eighteen, yet I am one of the most influential preachers in the World"

*LESSON:* Let your past push you, not define or limit you.

*5. Christian Ronaldo said,* "I told my father that we would be very rich but he couldn't believe me. I made it a reality"

*LESSON:* Your words rule your life. If you mean what you have said, each word will come to pass. You get what you say.

*6. Hear Lionel Messi,* "I used to serve tea at a shop to support my football training and still became one of the World's best footballers"

*LESSON:* Believe in your dream. Don't let your pain tell you how your future will look like.

*7. Steve Jobs penned,* "I used to sleep on the floor in my friends' rooms, returning Coke bottles for food, money, and getting weekly free meals at a local temple, I later on founded Apple Company"

*LESSON:* That you are small today doesn't mean you will be small tomorrow. Keep trusting God.

*8. Former British PM, Tony Blair said & I quote,* "My teachers used to call me a failure, but I became a Prime Minister"

*LESSON* Don't let someone's else's opinions of you become your reality

*9. Bishop David Oyedepo said,* "I started Living Faith Church from A Lawn Tennis Court with three members only & Preach prosperity. Many of my friends criticised me, but today we have one of the largest church auditorium in the World & two world-class universities"

*LESSON* Believe in yourself even if no one does & never think of quitting.

*10. Nelson Mandela said,* "I was in prison for 27 years & still became president."

*LESSON* You can be anything you want to be no matter where you have been or what you have been through

*11. Mike Adenuga!* "I drove a taxi to finance my university education but today I'm a billionaire"

*LESSON* Don't let your past decide the kind of future you need to have

*12. Harland Sanders, Founder of KFC* said, "I was on the verge of suicide when an Idea of opening a restaurant hit me after I retired as a cook in the Navy."

*LESSON* Nothing is ever too late. "Too late" is a language of failures. Your future can begin at any age. Don't ever let AGE make limit you.

*13. Aliko Dangote* said, "I worked for my uncle since I was a small boy, people looked down on me. I later on took a loan from my uncle to open a tiny shop. I worked hard to make ends meet. Now I am the Word's Richest Man in Africa.

*LESSON* Failures or limitations of the past have no control over the greatness in you. To him that believes, all things are possible.

*14. Barack Hussein Obama said,* I am a son of a black immigrant from Kenya, I graduated from Harvard and later on became a Senator in Chicago. I was also the President of the Most Powerful Nation on Earth.

*LESSON:* Never design your life like a Garden where anyone can walk in and out. Design it like the Sky where everyone aspires to reach!

*15. Arnold Swarzzenegger said,* I traveled to America in search of financial independency when I was 15yrs old. I became the World's Strongest Man 7 times and Mr Universe. I then got my Economics degree, then I became one of Hollywood's best actors before I was voted twice as governor of California

*LESSON:* Don't wait for everybody to believe in your ability and dreams.