When he was thirty-one, he learnt law by himself and began working in law with the encouragement of his friends. But in a trial, he fought with the litigant on court.
When he was thirty-two, he was out of work and led a tough led a tough life.
When he was thirty-five, he suffered such severe injuries in an accident that he could no longer continue his job of promoting tires.
30岁时，他在保险公司从事推销工作，后因奖金问题与老板闹翻而辞职。
When he was sixty-six, he made a living by promoting his chicken-frying technics to various restaurants in different places.
When he was seventy-five, he felt powerless to maintain his company, so he transferred his brand and patent to others. The new owner suggested giving him ten thousand stock shares as part of the purchasing price. But he turned down the suggestion. Later the price of the stocks of the company soared and he lost the chance of being a billionaire.
31岁时，他自学法律，并在朋友的鼓动下干起了律师行当。一次审案时，竟在法庭上与当事人大打出手。
When he was eighty-three, he opened another fast-food restaurant but fell into a lawsuit due to trademark and patent issues.
32岁时，他失业了，生活非常艰难。
When he was eighty-eight, he achieve great success and became weU-known to the whole world.
35岁时，他在一次事故中身受重伤，无法再干轮胎推销员的工作。
He was exactly the founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Ha Lunde. Sandoz. He often said, “People always complain about the bad weather. Actually the weather is not bad at all. As long as you are optimist and confident all the time, you will have a good weather everyday.“
英语名人励志小故事篇2：郑和下西洋Early in the 15th century, a huge fleet of ships set sail from Nanjing. It was the first of a series of voyages that would, for a brief period, establish China as the leading power of the age. The voyage was led by Zheng He, the most important Chinese adventurer of all time and one of the greatest sailors the world has ever known.
In 1371, Zheng He was born in what is now Yunnan Province to Muslim parents, who named him Ma Sanpao When he was 11 years old, invading Ming armies captured Ma and took him to Nanjing. There he was castrated and made to serve as a eunuch in the imperial household.
Ma befriended a prince there who later became the Yong Le Emperor, one of the Ming Dynasty's most distinguished. Brave, strong, intelligent and totally loyal, Ma won the trust of the prince who, after ascending the throne, gave him a new name and made him Grand Imperial Eunuch.
Yong Le was an ambitious emperor who believed that China's greatness would be increased with an “open-door“ policy regarding international trade and diplomacy. In 1405, he ordered Chinese ships to sail to the 1ndian Ocean, and put Zheng He in charge of the voyage. Zheng went on to lead seven expeditions in 28 years, visiting more than 40 countries.