Setbacks Quotes
140 quotes by 117 authors
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If we experience any failures or setbacks, we do not forget them because they offend our self-esteem. Instead we reflect on them deeply, trying to…
— Robert Greene
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With such a deep rooted interest you can withstand the setbacks and failures, the days of drudgery, and the hard work that are always a…
— Robert Greene
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Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.
— Oscar Pistorius
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I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.
— Louise Hay
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Optimism boosts your energy and focuses your sights on reaching your goals, rather than wallowing in your setbacks.
— Denis Waitley
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Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes,
— Carol S. Dweck
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It would be wonderful if we could avoid the setbacks with timely exits, but nobody has figured out how to predict them.
— Peter Lynch
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I've wanted to win at everything, every day, since I was a kid. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps you get a…
— Dara Torres
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I don’t believe in failure; I believe there are setbacks that are put into our path to teach us something and move us in a…
— Geri Jewell
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Happiness can’t be reduced to a few agreeable sensations. Rather, it is a way of being and of experiencing the world—a profound fulfillment that suffuses…
— Matthieu Ricard
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Failure and setbacks and struggles are where all the good stuff happens.
— Teri McKeever
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When the mathematician says that such and such a proposition is true of one thing, it may be interesting, and it is surely safe. But…
— Edward Kasner
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Setbacks have an upside; they fuel new dreams.
— Dara Torres
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If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in…
— Ralph Marston
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You would be very ashamed if you knew what the experiences you call setbacks, upheavals, pointless disturbances, and tedious annoyances really are. You would realize…
— Jean-Pierre de Caussade
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Genius involves figuring out who you are, and owning yourself. It's about amplifying your best traits and compensating for the rest. Geniuses grab life by…
— Scott Barry Kaufman
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You have to keep pushing toward those dreams no matter what setbacks happen.
— Anthony Hamilton
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BE GRATEFUL EVEN for hardship, setbacks, and bad people. Dealing with such obstacles is an essential part of training in the Art of Peace.
— Morihei Ueshiba
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That's what building a body of work is all about. It's about the daily labor, the many individual acts, the choices large and small that…
— Barack Obama
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Enduring setbacks while maintaining the ability to show others the way to go forward is a true test of leadership.
— Nitin Nohria
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