Setback Quotes · Page 6

I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal…

— Allen Klein

The circumstances and events that we see as setbacks are oftentimes the very things that launch us into periods of intense spiritual…

— Charles Stanley

Nothing is a surprise to God; nothing is a setback to His plans; nothing can thwart His purposes; and nothing is beyond…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

I don't believe in failure. I believe every setback is an opportunity to learn, regroup, get stronger, and try again.

— Roselyn Sanchez

Everyone's had a setback, but it's how you move forward and what you do with your future, that's what matters.

— Christina Anstead

Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.

— Denis Waitley

Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.

— Martin Seligman

I have had fun running all of the Virgin businesses, so I never see a setback as a bad experience; it is…

— Richard Branson

No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am. And that while…

— Lily Collins

To take the difficulties, setbacks and sorrows of life as a challenge to overcome makes us stronger, rather than unjust punishment which…

— Erich Fromm

Democracy is about constant vigilance. It's not straightforward, there will always be setbacks and you get particular be it religious fundamentalists, Christian…

— Mary Robinson

Let me conclude by saying in my experience the glittering prizes in life come more to those who persevere despite setback and…

— Bryce Courtenay

Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to…

— Anonymous

Every crucial experience can be regarded as a setback - or a start of a new kind of development. [You have the…

— Mary Roberts Rinehart

Competition got me off the farm and trained me to seek out challenges and to endure setbacks; and in combination with my…

— Pat Summitt

Without faith in his own judgment no man can go very far in this game. That is about all I have learned…

— Jesse Lauriston Livermore

There really are two Americas, one for the grifter class and one for everybody else. In everybody-else land, the world of small…

— Matt Taibbi

If we get setbacks and if something happens where the Civil Rights Bill is watered down, for instance, if the Negro feels…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

Just like everything else in our lives, with the good comes the bad. It applies to success as well. Success isn't a…

— Lizzie Velasquez

The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything…

— Martin Seligman

It can be argued - and rightly - that Taiwan is not just another regional issue: after all, the Chinese regard it…

— Margaret Thatcher

Depending on the day or even the hour, productivity can take very low dips. At times, I may feel like throwing in…

— Samantha Ettus

If everything is smooth sailing right from the beginning, we cannot become people of substance and character. By surmounting paining setbacks and…

— Anonymous

Once we're able to see this world as an illusion and a phantasm, then we can see everything that happens to us…

— Fernando Pessoa

It's not the winning that teaches you how to be resilient. It's the setback. It's the loss.

— Beth Brooke

Quickly say, "That's good!" to every setback and adversity, and then find out what is good about it.

— Brian Tracy

I remember being very psyched for our first tours, despite not knowing about the endless stream of situations and setbacks that we'd…

— Ariel Pink

“Are you worthy of realizing your dream? If you said yes, there is no short cut. You're going to encounter setback after…

— Assegid Habtewold

Right now, it's just a matter of getting my strength and endurance back. So far, no setbacks.

— Kip Wells

You can tell a lot about a person not just by their successes, but by how they deal with their setbacks

— Sarah Mlynowski

I think one of life's great milestones is when a person can look back and be almost as thankful for the setbacks…

— Bob Dole

Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central…

— Martin Seligman

Show your enemies that your setback is only temporary and that when you comeback you're going to be better than you were…

— Sonya Parker

People who haven't experienced major setbacks sometimes feel that their hurts are somehow less legitimate or real.

— Tullian Tchividjian

In any war, there is a concealment of certain kinds of setbacks because it's propaganda for the enemy.

— Kate Adie

Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do…

— Blake Mycoskie

Not many people get up after a setback or two. But those who do make the impossible come true.

— Nuseir Yassin

Living things have been doing just that for a long, long time. Through every kind of disaster and setback and catastrophe. We…

— Robert Fulghum

I am in a small minority as a black female with a disability. But I've shown that even with conditions like MS,…

— Kadeena Cox

Doggedness depends on emotional traits - enthusiasm and persistence in the face of setbacks - above all else.

— Daniel Goleman