Inspiration and Motivation stories

I have started the "Inspiration and Motivation" series when I was working for Infosys. I have received a good feedback back then and now I would like to continue the series here in my blog. Every month a new inspiring and motivating story with quotations would be published.
Enjoy reading :)

• Walt Disney: Fired from a newspaper because he lacked imagination and he had no original ideas.
• Michael Jordan: He was cut from the high school basketball team, he went home locked himself in his room and cried.
• Oprah Winfrey: She was a neglected child but went on to became an icon. She had an abusive childhood, numerous career set backs.
• Thomas Alva Edison: A teacher told him he was too stupid to learn anything and that he should go into a field where he might succeed by virtue of his pleasant personality.
• J K Rowling: Before publishing the Harry Potter series, she was nearly penniless, severely depressed, divorced, trying to raise a child on her own. It took her seven years to finish the first book in Harry Potter series.