Famous People Who Have Struggled With Learning Problems

Need Inspiration? Many famous people with learning issues have succeeded in spite of their limitations. They give credit to the difficulties as the source of their unique perspective on success and life:

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”

“Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.”

“It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer.”

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”

~Albert Einstein

“If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.”

“Many of life’s failures are men who not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”

~Thomas Edison

“It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.”

“The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.”

~Leonardo da Vinci

“I had to train myself to focus my attention. I became very visual and learned how to create mental images in order to comprehend what I read.”

~Tom Cruise

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”

~Henry Ford

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