So inspiring: Sundar Pichai to a woman who scored 0 in physics but didn't quit

On Thursday Sundar Pichai, appreciated a woman named Sarafina Nance and called her "inspiring". He took to Twitter to retweet a post shared by this astrophysics student on the micro-blogging site and for all the right reasons. Sarafina Nance's tweet has created quite a stir online because of an inspiring story it details.

Nance tweeted on November 21 that she scored zero four years ago in her quantum physics exam. After which, she wanted to "quit physics" and change her major.

But after scoring zero, she didn't quit her major quantum Physics. Instead of quitting, she worked hard and eventually, and her hard work paid off. Now, she is "in a top tier astrophysics PhD program" and has also published two papers.

Finally, the tweet ends with a piece of motivational advice which has struck chords with the netizens. Here's what she tweeted:

As the tweet was just shared yesterday, the tweet has piqued people's interests. This can be seen from more than 57,000 likes and nearly 10,000 retweets the post has garnered till now – and the numbers are growing.

While some applauded the woman for her persistence and some others were motivated. Including, Sundar Pichai, Google chief got impressed.

He expressed his reaction to this inspiring post in just five words.

To which, the Sarafina also replied. Here's what she replied to the Google chief:

A few other tweeple also shared their own motivational stories.

1. Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD

2. Johanna

3. Natalie Deuitch

Later Sarafina replied to her tweet and thanked everyone for commenting on her post.