Falling down or Staying down?

"Failure is not the falling down, but the staying down."

Mary Pickford
(1892–1979)
Canadian actress

They may have fallen down, but they didn't stay down. Check out these examples of resourceful and resilient people refusing to give up:

Before his circus was "The Greatest Show On Earth", P.T. Barnum filed for bankruptcy due to unwise business investments, and even contemplated suicide. He chose instead to start his famous circus, which he then merged with competitor James A. Bailey's. The Barnum and Bailey Circus netted Barnum over $2 million during his lifetime.

Milton Hershey had only a 4th grade education and four failed candy businesses when he filed for bankruptcy. His fifth business attempt, the Hershey Foods Corporation (now The Hershey Company) is America's largest chocolate manufacturer.