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So you <\/span>think you <\/span>can’t do<\/span>. You have <\/span>nothing to give<\/span>. <\/span>You’re too <\/span>young or too old<\/span>. There is <\/span>potential <\/span>within you<\/span>.Many people are or <\/span>have been in your shoes<\/span>. Some like the ones <\/span>below took <\/span>their <\/span>talents and <\/span>applied them<\/span>. You <\/span>have <\/span>thoughts and <\/span>aspirations <\/span>inside you<\/span>. If you <\/span>fail, get up and try <\/span>again.<\/p>\n

*Mozart was already competent on keyboard and violin; he composed from the age of 5.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Shirley Temple was 6 when she became a movie star on \u201cBright Eyes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Anne Frank was 12 when she wrote the diary of Anne Frank.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Magnus Carlsen became a chess Grandmaster at the age of 13.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Nadia Com\u0103neci was a gymnast from Romania that scored seven perfect 10.0 and won three gold medals at the Olympics at age 14.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Tenzin Gyatso was formally recognized as the 14th Dalai Lama in November 1950, at the age of 15.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Joan of Arc lead an army into <\/span>battle to help <\/span>the king of <\/span>France win <\/span>back his <\/span>throne.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Pele, a soccer superstar, was 17 years old when he won the world cup in 1958 with Brazil.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Elvis was a superstar by age 19.<\/span><\/p>\n

* John Lennon was 20 years and Paul Mcartney was 18 when the Beatles had their first concert in 1961.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Helen Keller, at the age of 19 months, became deaf and blind. But that didn\u2019t stop her. She was the first deaf and blind person to earn a Bachelor of Arts <\/span>degree.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Jesse Owens was 22 when he won 4 gold medals in Berlin 1936.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Beethoven was a piano virtuoso by age 23.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Issac Newton wrote Philosophi\u00e6 Naturalis Principia Mathematica at age 24.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Roger Bannister was 25 when he broke the 4 minute mile record.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Albert Einstein was 26 when he wrote the theory of relativity.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Lance E. Armstrong was 27 when he won the <\/span>Tour de France.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Michelangelo created two of the greatest sculptures \u201cDavid\u201d and \u201cPieta\u201d by age 28.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Nikola Tesla <\/span>discovered AC <\/span>current at 29 and went <\/span>onto <\/span>discover nine or more <\/span>inventions <\/span>prior to <\/span>his <\/span>death.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Alexander the Great, by age 29, had created one of the largest empires of the ancient world.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Jesus Christ of <\/span>Nazareth <\/span>baptized at 30, <\/span>crucified for <\/span>our sins at 33.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. J.K. Rowling was 30 years old when she finished the first manuscript of Harry Potter.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Amelia Earhart was 31 years old when she became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Oprah was 32 when she started her talk show, which has become the highest-rated program of its kind.<\/span><\/p>\n

* Edmund Hillary was 33 when he became the first man to reach Mount Everest<\/span><\/p>\n

* Martin Luther King Jr. was 34 when he wrote the speech \u201cI Have a Dream.”<\/span><\/p>\n

* Marie Curie was 35 years old when she got nominated for a Nobel Prize in Physics<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. The Wright brothers, Orville (32) and Wilbur (36) invented and built the world’s first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and sustained heavier-than-air human flight.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Vincent Van Gogh was 37 when he died virtually unknown, yet his paintings today are worth millions.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Neil Armstrong was 38 when he became the first man to set foot on the moon.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Mark Twain was 40 when he wrote “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, and 49 years old when he wrote “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Christopher Columbus was 41 when he discovered the Americas.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Rosa Parks was 42 when she refused to obey the bus driver\u2019s order to give up her seat to make room for a white passenger.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. John F. Kennedy was 43 years old when he became President of the United States<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Henry Ford Was 45 when the Ford T came out.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Suzanne Collins was 46 when she wrote “The Hunger Games”.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Charles Darwin was 50 years old when his book On the Origin of Species came out.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Julia Child <\/span>wrote her <\/span>first <\/span>cookbook at age 50.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Leonardo Da Vinci was 51 years old when he painted the Mona Lisa.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Abraham Lincoln was 52 when he became president.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Ray Kroc Was 53 when he bought the McDonalds Franchise and took it to unprecedented levels.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Dr. Seuss was 54 when he wrote “The Cat in the Hat”.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger III was 57 years old when he successfully ditched US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in 2009. All of the 155 passengers aboard the aircraft survived.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. Colonel Harland Sanders was 61 when he started the KFC Franchise.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. J.R.R Tolkien was 62 when the Lord of the Ring books came out.<\/span><\/p>\n

*<\/span>. <\/span>Laura Ingalls Wilder wrote the “Little <\/span>House” when she was 65. <\/span><\/p>\n

Ronald Reagan was 69 when he became President of the US.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jack Lalane at age 70 handcuffed, shackled, towed 70 rowboats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Nelson Mandela was 76 when he became President.<\/span><\/p>\n

Grandma Moses became a painter at 78 prior to that she was a <\/span>farm <\/span>laborer and <\/span>housekeeper. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So you think you can’t do. You have nothing to give. You’re too young or too old. There is potential within you.Many people are or have been in your shoes. Some like the ones below took their talents and applied them. You have thoughts and aspirations inside you. 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