"21 Famous Inspirational and Motivational Quotes - J.K. Rowling"

 J.K. Rowling (born July 31, 1965, Yate, near Bristol, England), is a British author and creator of the popular and critically acclaimed Harry Potter series about a young sorcerer in training. Rowling began working for Amnesty International in London after graduating from the University of Exeter in 1986, where she began writing the Harry Potter books. She moved to Edinburgh in the early 1990s to teach English as a foreign language in Portugal, but after a brief marriage and the birth of her daughter, she returned to the United Kingdom. She continued to compose while living on public assistance in between stints as a French instructor.

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (1997; also published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone) was the first book in the Harry Potter series, and it was written by J.K. Rowling. Rowling. (Her publisher suggested a gender-neutral pen name; she chose J.K., adding the middle name Kathleen.) The book was an instant hit, appealing to both youngsters and adults. Featuring vivid descriptions and an imaginative storyline, it followed the adventures of the unlikely hero Harry Potter, a lonely orphan who discovers that he is actually a wizard and enrolls in the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The British Book Award was one of many honors bestowed upon the book. Following volumes—Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1998), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (1999), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2000), Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003), and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)—were also best sellers, with copies available in over 200 countries and 60 languages. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the seventh and final book in the series, was published in 2007.

Rowling also wrote the companion volumes Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them (2001), which were adapted into a film series (2016, 2018) with Rowling's screenplays; Quidditch Through the Ages (2001); and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (2008), all of which began as books read by Harry Potter and his friends within the fictional world of the series. The profits from their sales went to charity. She later co-wrote a plot that was adapted into the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which premiered in 2016 and went on to win an incredible nine Olivier Awards, including best new play. Harry is a husband and father in the play, but he is still haunted by his past, and his son Albus must deal with his father's legacy. In 2016, a book version of the script was released, billed as the eighth narrative in the Harry Potter series. The show was transported to Broadway two years later, and it won six Tony Awards in 2018, including the best new play.

The Casual Vacancy (2012; TV miniseries 2015), a modern social satire set in a tiny English town, was Rowling's first step into adult literature. The author had written the crime thriller The Cuckoo's Calling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, it was disclosed in 2013. In 2014, the second novel in the series, The Silkworm, was released, focusing on the detective Cormoran Strike, a down-on-his-luck military veteran. The career of Evil (2015), Lethal White (2018), and Troubled Blood were among the subsequent installments (2020). Rowling began serializing a new children's novel, The Ickabog, for free online in May 2020, during the COVID-19 epidemic; it was published in November. She defined the fairy tale as an investigation of "truth and the abuse of power," despite the fact that it had nothing to do with Harry Potter. She followed up with The Christmas Pig (2021), a story about a youngster who misplaces his favorite toy and sets off on a fantasy mission to find it.

1. What’s coming will come and we’ll just have to meet it when it does.

2. As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.

3. If you want to know what a man’s like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.

4. It is our choices… that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.

5. It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.

6. You will never truly know yourself, or the strength of your relationships, until both have been tested by adversity.

7. You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.

8. Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

9. We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.

10. The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and must therefore be treated with great caution.

11. It is impossible to live without failing at something unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all – in which case, you fail by default.

12. It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.

13. Is ‘fat’ really the worst thing a human being can be? Is ‘fat’ worse than ‘vindictive’, ‘jealous’, ‘shallow’, ‘vain’, ‘boring’ or ‘cruel’? Not to me.

14. I don’t think there’s any harm at all in allowing a kid to fantasize. In fact, I think to stop people from fantasizing is a very destructive thing indeed.

15. Failure is so important. We speak about success all the time. It is the ability to resist failure or use failure that often leads to greater success.

16. Life is difficult, and complicated, and beyond anyone’s total control, and the humility to know that will enable you to survive its vicissitudes.

17. The world is full of wonderful things you haven’t seen yet. Don’t ever give up on the chance of seeing them.

18. Whatever money you might have, self-worth really lies in finding out what you do best.

19. Secretly we’re all a little more absurd than we make ourselves out to be.

20. Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.

21. The knowledge that you have emerged wiser and stronger from setbacks means that you are, ever after, secure in your ability to survive.