"Before success comes in any man's life, he is sure to meet with much temporary defeat, and, perhaps, some failure. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and most logical thing to do is to quit. That is exactly what the majority of men do. More than five hundred of the most successful men this country has ever known told the author their greatest success came just one step beyond the point at which defeat had overtaken them."
-Napoleon Hill, author of "Think and Grow Rich"
"A quitter never wins and a winner never quits" -Also Napoleon Hill, "Think and Grow Rich"
I'm definitely not making enough to live off of on IM (yet!), but I've made around $300 - $400. Making money on the internet is possible, but you have to treat it like a business. If you treat it like a hobby, it will pay like a hobby.