Best Setback Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“Never fear adversity. Every setback, struggle and storm will add to your focus, strength and wisdom.”

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Source: Wealth of Words

“From the sadness, learn something; from the happiness, learn something. From the setback, learn something and even from the success learn something. Never stop learning from any situation in life, for that is where the wisdom lies.”

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Author:Gift Gugu Mona

“For optimists, defeat is a challenge, a mere setback on the road to inevitable victory.”

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Book:Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

Source: Learned Optimism: How to Change Your Mind and Your Life

“Ironically people will thank a deity for "letting" them win a race, but blame a "witch" if they stumble, look for the nearest suspect, and kill them. Why not blame the deity? Why not accept the setback as easily as they accept the victory/ Time people grew up some, I think - and stopped looking for theoretical "somebodies" to blame for their own misfortunes.”

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Book:Blachart

Source: Blachart

“They have optimism and confidence. Because they are optimistic and confident, they react to setbacks not by getting discouraged and giving up, but with persistence. Their attitude is, “I’m not playing well right now, but when I put it all together [or our team puts it all together], I’ll really be something. I can beat anybody.” Because they persist, they get better. Because they get better, they experience success. And that success reinforces their optimism, their confidence, and their respect for their own talent. That’s the virtuous circle.”

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Book:How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

Source: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“When life gives you lemons, you don't make lemonade. You use the seeds to plant a whole orchard - an entire franchise! Or you could just stay on the Destiny Bus and drink lemonade someone else has made, from a can.”

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Author:Anthon St. Maarten

“I don’t necessarily sit around inviting life to knock me down, but when it does I don’t wait around for an invitation to stand back up either.”

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Author:Craig D. Lounsbrough

“How I'm glad to go back home! Once I truly have no more worry. Many of those who are in a hurry Endure setbacks in the outcome.”

Source: ACross Tic

“When you commit and act despite feeling a bit scared, when you side-step or clamber (however clumsily) over obstacles and setbacks, when you seek out adversity to learn from suffering, not despite it, and when you scour your world for tiny reminders of things to be grateful for in life, you are on your way.”

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Book:The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion

Source: The Brave Athlete: Calm the F*ck Down and Rise to the Occasion

“Whenever you are going through life’s challenges, remember that for iron to be cast into its desired form, it must first go through intense heat.”

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Book:All You Need Is a Ball: What Soccer Teaches Us about Success in Life and Business

Source: All You Need Is a Ball: What Soccer Teaches Us about Success in Life and Business

“I tell them to recruit kids whose coaches report that they had tremendous work ethics. They lifted weights on their own during the off-season. They showed up early for practice, stayed late, and asked for extra help on their skills. They were leaders who helped push everyone on the team to work harder. And they displayed these traits both when the team did well and when it struggled through adversity. It’s relatively easy to be enthused and hardworking on a team that’s winning. It shows more character to display those same attributes on a team that’s losing. It speaks to a person’s mental toughness, toughness that will be invaluable in dealing with the setbacks and rejections that inevitably come along in a business career.”

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Book:How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

Source: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“It’s just healing again, and you need to give it a little patience. You’ll be stronger for it. Recovery is not a linear path. These setbacks are necessary for progress.” With his words, he reminded me I could do this, that it was hard for a reason, and that I was strong enough to meet it head-on.”

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Book:Out and Back

Source: Out and Back

“Sorrow and strife comes to all persons. Mature people expect hardships and setbacks and patiently and determinedly work to accomplish their goals. Immature people lash out in anger and frustration when circumstances conspire to blunt their short-term objectives.”

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Book:Dead Toad Scrolls

Source: Dead Toad Scrolls

“Never let anything be a setback in your life, not even your thoughts, words nor actions.”

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Author:Gift Gugu Mona

“What’s important is not avoiding adversity, but how an individual responds to it. You have to develop a mental hardiness that responds to setbacks with energy and confidence.”

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Book:How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

Source: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“You have to develop a mental hardiness that responds to setbacks with energy and confidence.”

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Book:How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

Source: How Champions Think: In Sports and in Life

“The shock of failures has only one reason, not being prepared for it.”

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Book:Big Voice Within

Source: Big Voice Within

“Setbacks are not as a loss of your past, but a present for your future. Stop and accept this gift.”

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Author:Christine E. Szymansk

“For every setback, do not get discouraged. Rejoice because you learned more than you expected.”

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Author:Debasish Mridha

“No one can keep her down. Even after going through a setback, she finds a way to bounce back.”

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Book:Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman

Source: Woman of Virtue: Power-Filled Quotes for a Powerful Woman

“Do not be tempted to remain in your sunken place. Rise up! Cheer up! And never give up!”

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Book:Night of a Thousand Thoughts

Source: Night of a Thousand Thoughts

“Olympic athletes are strong and fit and tough. But none of that matters if they’re not also resilient, capable of shaking off setbacks and adapting quickly to unexpected circumstances.”

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Book:Endure By Alex Hutchinson & The Rise of Superman By Steven Kotler 2 Books Collection Set

Source: Endure By Alex Hutchinson & The Rise of Superman By Steven Kotler 2 Books Collection Set

“Today, a couple with 'just married' tags collided head-on with a hearse carrying two coffins in the back, both of a married couple that had previously died in a car accident.”

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Author:Anthony Liccione

“Every setback is a pitstop en route to nirvana.”

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Author:Stewart Stafford

“Don't allow one setback to define you. Your true self is beyond measure. Success is a marathon, not a sprint. Move on to where you flourish.”

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Book:The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

“Vyasa arrived and spoke to Yudhishthira. "Virtuous conduct is always rewarded in this life or the next. Control your sorrow. Live each day with a calm and even mind, treating success and setback equally. Once, you lived in luxury and wealth; now you are suffering. To be happy, one has to suffer first. Each of these states is simply how things are...”

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Book:Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

Source: Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

“Through the freedom of new thinking, we can transcend boundaries and break down cultural, social, or intellectual barriers. It even lets our failure be seen as a stepping stone to success rather than a setback.("The freedom of new thinking")”

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Author:Erik Pevernagie

“An unceasingly grateful life can easily heal from the wounds of hurt and setback. It can also easily shed resentment, hate, and bitterness…”

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Book:The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

Source: The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

“Life is full of surprises, amidst life-size shockers, hardly any good.”

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Book:Big Voice Within

Source: Big Voice Within

“To say I have played through four World Cups, two Lions tours, 91 international games and a ridiculous number of injuries and other setbacks gives me an incredibly special feeling of fulfilment. I know myself well enough to know that I will never truly be satisfied.”

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Author:Jonny Wilkinson

“Your career you will only hear the drum of setback but it is time to shine! Whatever situation you have been facing - this is the time you have been praying for to shine, to move, to overcome, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ!”

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Author:T. B. Joshua

“Whatever situation you are in, right now, take the authority of Jesus and begin to command that devil out of your life! That cage of infirmity/ setback/ poverty - BE OPENED, in the name of Jesus Christ!”

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Author:T. B. Joshua

“A setback only paves the way for a comeback.”

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Author:Evander Holyfield

“My mum used to say to me, 'Spit on yer 'ands and take a fresh 'old.' Keep going even if you have setbacks.”

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Author:Lesley Garrett

“Be grateful for your challenges, setbacks, adversity and disappointments. Be grateful for your opportunity to overcome every single one, because doing so contributes to your growth & your ability to help others overcome theirs.”

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Author:Hal Elrod

“Within every setback or obstacle or disadvantage there is the seed of an equal or opposite or greater advantage or benefit.”

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Author:Napoleon Hill

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

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Book:Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

Source: Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ

“I've had a million setbacks along the way--from kiln fires burning down buildings to shipping disasters--that should have put me out of business, or at least left me lying in the fetal position on my bed for a few days. Luckily, though, I've never for one second thought that I had any other option than to just keep going.”

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Author:Jonathan Adler

“Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.”

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Author:Ann Landers

“Pursue your dreams and see the opportunities in life's setbacks.”

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Author:Steve Jobs

“Realize that illness and other temporal setbacks often come to us from the hand of God our Lord, and are sent to help us know ourselves better, to free ourselves of the love of created things, and to reflect on the brevity of this life and, thus, to prepare ourselves for the life which is without end.”

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Author:Ignatius of Loyola

“In our culture, we grow up thinking that failure is a terrible thing, that it's a setback, or worse, the end. Often it turns out to be the beginning of something better.”

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Book:I Just Graduated ... Now What?: Honest Answers from Those Who Have Been There

Source: I Just Graduated ... Now What?: Honest Answers from Those Who Have Been There

“We are not imprisoned by circumstances, setbacks, mistakes or staggering defeats, we are freed by our choices.”

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Author:James C. Collins

“Depending on the day or even the hour, productivity can take very low dips. At times, I may feel like throwing in the towel. I love being inspired by amazing women who have achieved great things. When I have a setback, I will spend 15 minutes reading quotes from strong women or reading or watching an interview with a woman I admire (a gold medalist or a CEO). This gets me back in the right mindset to tackle any challenge.”

“A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either.”

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Author:Orrin Woodward

“It used to be said of a man who had suffered a catastrophic setback in his line of work that he had been handed his head on a platter. We are being handed our heads with tweezers now.”

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Author:Kurt Vonnegut

“Set-backs in efforts to implement an ideal do not prove that the ideal is wrong...”

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Author:Dag Hammarskjold

“Anyone who has actually had to take responsibility for consequences by running any kind of enterprise whether economic or academic, or even just managing a sports team is likely at some point to be chastened by either the setbacks brought on by his own mistakes or by seeing his successes followed by negative consequences that he never anticipated.”

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Author:Thomas Sowell

“The things we saw happen in the last four years of the Obama administration would all, or many of them, go away under a President Gingrich. It would be a huge setback.”

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Author:Candace Gingrich-Jones

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