Top 100 Quotes About Setbacks
#1. Poverty and mistakes are setbacks but you should never allow them to make you give up on your dreams.
Timothy Pina
#2. Changing the destructive things you say to yourself when you experience the setbacks that life deals all of us is the central skill of optimism.
Martin Seligman
#3. Failure and setbacks and struggles are where all the good stuff happens.
Teri McKeever
#4. In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.
John Piper
#5. Your ability to face setbacks and disappointments without giving up will be the measure of your ability to succeed.
Calvin Coolidge
#6. Setbacks are common enemies of both achievers and people whose dream cut short. The difference is that the former persist against continual setbacks while the latter quit.
Assegid Habtewold
#7. Nineteen-seventy-nine had been a year of American setbacks around the globe. Before the year began, Cuban troops were already roaming Angola, and a pro-Communist regime ruled Ethiopia.
Elliott Abrams
#8. You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they might set for themselves. That's part of living and coming to terms with who you are as a person.
Hillary Clinton
#9. Delays,closed doors are not setbacks but setups God uses to move you forward
Ikechukwu Joseph
#10. We all have our duties here. We all suffer. We all endure our setbacks for the greater good of mankind.
Markus Zusak
#11. Success is a collection of small victories & disappointing setbacks. Understand the process, stay positive, & focus on the fundamentals.
Bradford Winters
#12. I contend that not only can you laugh at adversity, but it is essential to do so if you are to deal with setbacks without defeat.
Allen Klein
#13. Your greatest setbacks are catalysts for your greatest comebacks.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#14. I never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last word and brought me success.
Adolf Hitler
#15. We are succeeding in Iraq. It's a tough struggle with setbacks, but we are succeeding.
Iyad Allawi
#16. We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.
Scott Brooks
#17. I will not be distracted by noise, chatter, or setbacks. Patience, commitment, grace, and purpose will guide me.
Louise L. Hay
#18. Exceptional people convert life's setbacks into future successes,
Carol S. Dweck
#19. if you really want it, you'll keep at it. Despite setbacks, interruptions, and sidetracks. No matter how long you get off course, you'll eventually return - if you really want what you say you do.
M.J. Ryan
#20. All the trials and tribulations have paid off. In life, you have setbacks ... When you're in your valley, that's when you're tested the most -not when you're at your peak.
Rashad Evans
#21. True heroes don't fall. They only encounter temporary setbacks as they forge ahead towards progress.
Janvier Chouteu-Chando
#22. Turn your frowns into smiles, your tears into laughter, your weaknesses into strengths, your setbacks into opportunities, and your failures into victories.
Matshona Dhliwayo
#23. And having a strong family, you know we've lost some members of our family and had some setbacks, but I think a good family and kids all those things I thought at one time ... you got to be kidding me ... Those things are so important they enable you to go on.
Brett Favre
#24. I've learned to turn life's setbacks into opportunities for creation.
Benyf
#25. People who make money often make mistakes, and even have major setbacks, but they believe they will eventually prosper, and they see every setback as a lesson to be applied in their move towards success.
Jerry Gillies
#26. The market is always making mountains out of molehills and exaggerating ordinary vicissitudes into major setbacks.
Benjamin Graham
#27. True heroes and ideas never fall in the final sense of the word. They can only encounter temporary setbacks in their difficult journey to progress and success,
Janvier Chouteu-Chando
#28. The other message I have to share is this: despite difficult times and setbacks, if you persevere, you might surprise yourself.
Kimberly Gatto
#29. Without setbacks there'd be no comebacks, and everyone loves a come.
Kyle Johnson
#30. Success is about more than simple resilience. It's about using that downward momentum to propel ourselves in the opposite direction. It's about capitalizing on setbacks and adversity to become even happier, even more motivated, and even more successful. It's not falling down, it's falling up.
Shawn Achor
#31. Steady progress toward seemingly impossible goals will win the day. Setbacks are temporary. Naysayers are best ignored.
Brad Stone
#32. The leader has a clear idea of what he wants to do professionally and personally,
and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures
Warren G. Bennis
#33. Setbacks are what build character. They are what separate the lucky from the truly successful.
Cherie Carter-Scott
#34. Embrace your imperfections.
Fancy your flaws.
Flaunt your blemishes.
Adore your birthmarks.
Laugh off glitches.
Discuss your setbacks.
Don't call your mistakes 'Regrets'
Call them 'Lessons
Jasleen Kaur Gumber
#35. 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 every circumstance.
Ralph Marston
#36. A successful entrepreneur can't be afraid of failures or setbacks. An initial setback can be a great opportunity to take a new and more promising approach to any problem, to come back stronger than ever.
John Roos
#37. My two biggest lessons learned as a trader are take risks and get comfortable with taking losses and setbacks to help move you forward.
Brandon Stanton
#38. Things such as illnesses, setbacks, delays, discordant people and upheavals are tickets to paradise.
Scott Curran
#39. My friend, temporary setbacks and failures are prerequisites to success. They aren't signs that, "maybe it's just not supposed to be.
Clay Clark
#40. Sometimes small setbacks are just blessings in disguise. They enhance your determination and whole-hearted dedication to achieving your goals.
Robert Cheeke
#41. Failures and setbacks are a part of this experience, and it will remain in you as wisdom.
Ryuho Okawa
#42. Pursue your dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks.
Steve Jobs
#43. Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.
Dhirubhai Ambani
#44. The skills you acquire can always be effectively redeployed. You will look back on setbacks and be grateful for the catalyst that came not a moment too soon.
Tom Freston
#45. First, they had good character. They were energetic, honest, and dependable. They were persistent after setbacks and acknowledged their mistakes.
David Brooks
#46. One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.
Mary Kay Ash
#47. Setbacks are just learning experiences.
Beth Brooke
#48. Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.
Adam Schiff
#49. We also know that there is a mindset that helps people cope well with setbacks, points them to good strategies, and leads them to act in their best interest.
Carol S. Dweck
#50. I remember being very psyched for our first tours, despite not knowing about the endless stream of situations and setbacks that we'd face.
Ariel Pink
#51. Difficult missions will bring difficult challenges which may sometimes produce temporary setbacks. The test of a human being is in accepting the failure and going on trying until he or she succeeds. Managing failure is the essence of leadership.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
#52. Common sense would suggest that having ability, like being smart, inspires confidence. It does, but only while the going is easy. The deciding factor in life is how you handle setbacks and challenges. People with a growth mindset welcome setbacks with open arms.
Travis Bradberry
#53. Life inflicts the same setbacks and tragedies on the optimist as on the pessimist, but the optimist weathers them better.
Martin Seligman
#54. There" is not your dream, "here" is..
To create it, to become it and to live in it. The journey of your triumphs and setbacks are apart of the process now,stop getting ready to get ready and start living in the essence of your movements NOW.
Nikki Rowe
#55. If you don't encounter setbacks in your career, if you don't have doubts and disappointments , let me tell you, you're not dreaming big enough.
Michael Bloomberg
#56. anyone in recovery will tell you, setbacks are part of the process in long-term change. Rather than beat myself up, I simply asked God and my friends to help me get back on track.
Rick Warren
#57. Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.
Oscar Pistorius
#58. Progress. Just make progress. It's okay to have setbacks and the need for do-overs. It's okay to draw a line in the sand and start over again - and again. Just make sure you're moving the line forward. Move forward. Take baby steps ... Then change will come. And it will be good.
Lysa TerKeurst
#59. I've had disappointments and heartbreaks and setbacks and roles I didn't get, but something always came along that either made me better or was an even better role.
Lee Majors
#60. Underachievement is widely accepted in the popular culture, which puts little value on persistence in the face of setbacks or on the unique pleasure of working long and hard on something personally important.
Kenneth W. Christian
#61. You cannot withstand continual setbacks unless you've seen a worthwhile vision...
Assegid Habtewold
#62. The most successful families embrace and elevate their family history, particularly their failures, setbacks and other missteps.
Bruce Feiler
#63. Holden thought he had probably been a very good scientist. Thrilled by small victories, undeterred by setbacks.
James S.A. Corey
#64. The beautiful thing about setbacks is they introduce us to our strengths.
Robin Sharma
#65. Setbacks and fear are inevitable. The thing that distinguishes the ultimate successes from the ultimate failures is this: What do you do with them?
Blake Mycoskie
#66. Without setbacks and mistakes, no experience. Without experience, no learning. And without learning, you'll never truly understand the awakening of your heart's desires.
Robbie Vorhaus
#67. During our lives ... we experience so many setbacks, and fight such a hand-to-hand battle with failure, head down in the rain, just trying to stay upright and to have a little hope.
Lance Armstrong
#68. I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.
Coleman Young
#69. Because this I know for sure: Who you're meant to be evolves from where you are right now. So learning to appreciate your lessons, mistakes, and setbacks as stepping-stones to the future is a clear sign you're moving in the right direction.
Oprah Winfrey
#71. I have had a lot of setbacks that I have learned from.
Susan Wojcicki
#72. I am someone who always gets up again, even if there are setbacks. I have a survivor instinct. I'm not sure where it comes from, but probably from all the little things that make you into who you are.
Heidi Klum
#73. Progress requires setbacks; the only sure way to avoid failure is not to try.
Henry Spencer
#74. Mercy sweetens marriage. Where it is absent, two people flog one another over everything from failure to fix the faucet to phone bills. But where it is present, marriage grows sweeter and more delightful, even in the face of challenges, setbacks, and the persistent effects of our remaining sin.
Dave Harvey
#75. 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
#76. When you are passionate, you always have your destination in sight and you are not distracted by obstacles. Because you love what you are pursuing, things like rejection and setbacks will not hinder you in your pursuit. You believe that nothing can stop you!
Mike Krzyzewski
#77. A positive vision is what keeps us going despite the misfortunes and setbacks that fill our lives. The sole disadvantage is that it stops us to seeing evil.
Andrea Camilleri
#79. Achievers can almost literally taste success because they imagine their goals in such vivid detail. Setbacks only seem to add spice and favor to the final taste of victory.
Denis Waitley
#80. Life is a series of obstacles and setbacks; living is overcoming them.
Dean Karnazes
#81. Women, who enjoyed a high social status and levels of education under Saddam, saw terrible setbacks as Iraq fell into civil war. As a result of the sectarian violence from 2005-2007, women retreated to their homes and fell from public view.
Richard Engel
#82. In the long run, it's impossible to make progress without sometimes having setbacks, although people who get lucky on their first attempt sometimes forget this.
Henry Spencer
#83. When you plan and prepare carefully, you can legitimately expect to have success in your efforts. An optimistic, positive mind is far more likely to come up with creative solutions than a mind that dwells on setbacks and difficulties. Bottom line: expect success and you can achieve it!
Zig Ziglar
#84. To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes are those who truly enjoy what they are doing and display a tremendous amount of work ethic. They continue to persevere in spite of setbacks and never lose sight of their ultimate goal.
Dianne Holum
#85. Completing a large or difficult survey can be a very satisfying thing, especially if there have been hurdles or setbacks along the way. In our work, we get to "tick" off jobs quite often, so the sense of completion can also be rewarding.
Mark Mason
#86. People often say that a bad event is a 'blessing in disguise.' Trust me, experience will teach you that some are unbelievably well disguised. Everyone gets fired, or decides to make a radical change at some point. Everyone suffers setbacks.
Tom Freston
#87. Because even if we were struggling, we had goals. It didn't matter that we weren't there yet. What mattered is that we both experienced setbacks, and full-blown failures, but we got up, brushed ourselves off, and kept going-and were making the best of it.
Jamie McGuire
#88. The ruling quality of leaders adaptive capacity, is what allows true leaders to make the nimble decisions that bring success. Adaptive capacity is also what allows some people to transcend the setbacks and losses that come with age and to reinvent themselves again and again.
Warren G
#89. You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don't keep your word.
Sivananda
#90. Problems, weaknesses, setbacks, regrets and mistakes teach you if you're willing to learn, or they punish you if you're not.
Ralph Marston
#91. When I think of all the things that tossed my journey off its track, I realize something incredibly important: Life's setbacks only changed my path and the timing of my arrival. They never changed my destination.
John Foley
#92. You would not have the wisdom and knowledge you now possess were it not for the setbacks you have faced, the mistakes you have made and the suffering you have endured.
Robin Sharma
#93. Understand and accept the cycles of money. The setbacks you may have today or next year will not keep you from financial freedom. If you hold on to your goals and dreams, you will get there.
Suze Orman
#94. If we fail to meet the challenge of either Soviet or Western imperialism, then no amount of foreign aid, no aggrandizement of armaments, no new pacts or doctrines or high-level conferences can prevent further setbacks to our course and to our security.
John F. Kennedy
#95. Success is not achieved by winning all the time. Real success comes when we rise after we fall. Some mountains are higher than others. Some roads steeper than the next. There are hardships and setbacks but you cannot let them stop you. Even on the steepest road you must not turn back.
Muhammad Ali
#96. We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.
James C. Collins
#97. You have to keep pushing toward those dreams no matter what setbacks happen.
Anthony Hamilton
#99. Setbacks in trying to realize the ideal do not prove that the ideal is at fault.
Dag Hammarskjold
#100. Success is not a pie with a limited number of pieces. The success of others has very little bearing on your success. You and everyone you know can become successful without anyone suffering setbacks, harm, or downturns.
Denis Waitley
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