Quotes About Setbacks

Some of my operations are great triumphs and tremendous. But they're only triumphs because there are also disasters

You know how we always said 'Devil May Cry 5''s themes were about photorealism and the uncanny valley? That was a lie. The real themes centered around setbacks and awakenings.

I learned another lesson from Jack Welch. It was in 1998, and at that time, we were one of the most valuable companies in the world. I said, 'Jack, what does it take to have a great company?' And he said, 'It takes major setbacks and overcoming those.'

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.

Sometimes things don't work like they should.

I didn't get in to 'Strictly' the first time, but my determination and enthusiasm shone through and got me a job on the show the following year. Don't give up and turn the no's and setbacks into a positive!

You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.

I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.

I wouldn't take any of my injuries back; I feel like I'm stronger as an athlete because of all those setbacks.

Opponents know how to get the fouls and it's gone against me a couple of times.

I've always been able to overcome things, and to this day, it still bugs me that I couldn't overcome a ball to the face. But I think things worked out for the best.

they say bad things come in threes, so we got our quota for a while ain't we.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

It was fuckups within fuckups.

The rich believe that their money will insulate them from setbacks and frustrations, and that's one of the absurdist expectations of all.

This can happen to anyone.

Very few entrepreneurs don't have setbacks along the way,' said Alex. 'According to Galbraith, the wise ones chalk it up on the blackboard of experience and move on.

It seems like every time you come up something happens to bring you back down.

The path of meditation isn't always a linear path. It's not like you begin to open, and you open more and more and you settle more and more, and then all of a sudden the confining box is gone forever. There are setbacks. Change happens, even in our practice. This is a fundamental truth. Everything is always changing because it's alive and dynamic.

he knew no secrets to a long life, he knew plenty about a happy life. Through tragedy and loss, poverty and setbacks, missteps and blown chances, he maintained a steadiness, an evenness, and a self-reliance that today might be called resilience. He had a gift for seizing joy, grabbing opportunities, and holding on to things that

There are times when things are not going according to plan, and of course, you never want those times.

Extraordinary individuals fail often and sometimes dramatically. Rather than giving up, however, they are challenged to learn from their setbacks and to convert defeats into opportunities.

Do you ever have days like that when nothing can go wrong? And then there are the days when can go right, Paula continued. When your hair won't lie down properly, and your stockings develop ladders at the worst possible moment, or your suspender breaks, and buttons fly off your gloves. When you say the wrong things to the wrong people, and spill coffee on your favorite frock, and break your reading glasses, and your cook asks for a raise - you know the kind of thing I mean, said Paula.

I've been involved in a lot of victories and I've been involved in defeats.