At age 17, she was rejected from college. At age 25, her mother died from disease. At age 26, she moved to Portugal to teach English. At age 27, she got married.

Her husband abused her. Despite this, her daughter was born. At age 28, she got divorced and was diagnosed with severe depression.

At age 29, she was a single mother living on welfare. At age 30, she didn’t want to be on this earth.

But she directed all her passion into doing the one thing she could do better than anyone else. And that was writing. At age 31, she finally published her first book.

At age 35, she had released 4 books and was named Author of the Year. At age 42, she sold 11 million copies of her new book, on the first day of release.

This woman is J. K. Rowling. Remember how she considered suicide at age 30? Today, Harry Potter is a global brand worth more than 15 billion dollars. Never give up. Believe in yourself. Be passionate. Work hard. It’s never too late. She is J. K. Rowling.

Perseverance

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When things go wrong as they sometimes will,

When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,

When the funds are low and the debts are high,

And you want to sigh, but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit –

Rest if you must but don’t you quit.

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Life is queer with its twists and turns,

As every one of us sometimes learns,

And many a fellow turnabout,

When he might have won if he’d stuck it out.

Don’t give up though the pace seems slow –

You may succeed with another blow.

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Often the goal is nearer than,

It seems to a faint and faltering man.

Often the struggler has given up,

When he might have captured the victor’s cup;

And he learned too late when the night came down,

How close he was to the golden crown.

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Success is failure turned inside out,

The silver tint of the clouds of doubt;

And you never can tell how close you are,

It may be near when it seems afar:

So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit,

It’s when things seem worse that you mustn’t quit.

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