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• Our wounds ultimately give us wisdom. Our stumbling blocks inevitably become our stepping stones. And our setbacks lead us to our strengths

  Robin Sharma

  Block, Giving, Stones

  Robin Sharma (2005). “Family Wisdom From The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari”, p.25, Jaico Publishing House

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• Those who approach their jobs and careers with enthusiasm always find plenty of opportunities, while those who complain about no one ever giving them a chance are merely observers of life. When you are determined that you will not allow others to determine your future for you, when you refuse to allow temporary setbacks to defeat you, you are destined for great success. The opportunities will always be there for you.

  Napoleon Hill

  Jobs, Opportunity, Careers

  Napoleon Hill (1997). “Napoleon Hill's Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations For Making Each Day a Success”, p.65, Penguin

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• A setback is nothing but a setup for a comeback.

  Dennis Kimbro

  Comeback, Setups

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• If you abide in the love of Christ, rooted in the faith, you will encounter, even amid setbacks and suffering, the source of true happiness and joy. Faith does not run counter to your highest ideals; on the contrary, it elevates and perfects those ideals. Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.

  Pope Benedict XVI

  Running, People, Joy

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

  Tullian Tchividjian

  Hurt, Real, People

  Tullian Tchividjian (2012). “Glorious Ruin: How Suffering Sets You Free”, p.15, David C Cook

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• I would like the film to make people think about the place of women in the world - the advances and setbacks that they have experienced these past years in terms of their freedom.

  Catherine Corsini

  Past, Thinking, Years

  Source: blogs.indiewire.com

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• Success is a collection of small victories & disappointing setbacks. Understand the process, stay positive, & focus on the fundamentals.

  Bradford Winters

  Leadership, Stay Positive, Focus

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• A two-hour movie tends to be a plot-delivery device; you tend to have to introduce all the characters, say what the goal is, and then get there with a setback, but that's not really how life is or what a story necessarily wants to be.

  Noah Hawley

  Character, Two, Goal

  "Noah Hawley on the Life Span of 'Fargo,' Ewan McGregor's Dual Role, and Adapting 'Cat's Cradle'". Interview with Gazelle Emami and Matt Zoller Seitz, www.vulture.com. June 23, 2016.

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• A great teacher once taught me that you've got to have faith that everything happens for the best. I have had many setbacks in my career and every setback has led me that much further into my truth.

  Suze Orman

  Teacher, Careers, Have Faith

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• Nothing is ever a setback. If anything, it just motivates you for what's next.

  Christina Aguilera

  Next, Ifs

  Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. November 16, 2010.

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• Keep your morale high, in spite of setbacks. At the end you are bound to succeed.

  Dhirubhai Ambani

  Inspirational, Powerful, Succeed

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• To do great things, we need to be able to endure tragedy and setbacks. We've got to love what we do and all that it entails, good and bad. We have to learn to find joy in every single thing that happens.

  Ryan Holiday

  Joy, Tragedy, Needs

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• My mother always taught me never to look back in regret but to move on to the next thing. The amount of time people waste dwelling on failures rather than putting that energy into another project, always amazes me. I have fun running all the Virgin businesses-so a setback is never a bad experience, just a learning curve.

  Richard Branson

  Success, Mother, Running

  "Richard Branson: Five Questions on Business Philosophy", www.nbcnews.com. October 23, 2010.

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• Democracy is about constant vigilance. It's not straightforward, there will always be setbacks and you get particular be it religious fundamentalists, Christian fundamentalism - a partly conservative approach and actually trying to put women in a more traditional role. And we have to resist that.

  Mary Robinson

  Christian, Religious, Trying

  Source: www.dailymaverick.co.za

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• If we don't give kids the opportunity to fail when they're growing up, and to fail productively, to fail creatively, that they're going to get out there into the world and they're going to hit some kind of setback, like everybody does, and they're going to get completely derailed.

  Paul Tough

  Growing Up, Kids, Opportunity

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• In every perceived failure or setback is the seed of success.

  Deepak Chopra

  Seeds

  FaceBook post by Deepak Chopra from Sep 19, 2014

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• No matter what, I need to maintain my sense of self and always be true to who I am. And that while there are always going to be roadblocks along the way, you're going to be just fine, as long as you learn from each setback.

  Lily Collins

  Self, Who I Am, Long

  "Lily Collins: The ‘Mirror Mirror’ Interview With Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, www.eurweb.com. April 14, 2012.

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• Without faith in his own judgment no man can go very far in this game. That is about all I have learned - to study general conditions, to take a position and stick to it. I can wait without a twinge of impatience. I can see a setback without being shaken, knowing that it is only temporary.

  Jesse Lauriston Livermore

  Men, Games, Knowing

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• Buoyant leadership is not a management technique, it's a leadership principle based on the belief that leading isn't presiding, it's taking people on a journey, and on any hero's journey there will be a setback.

  Kevin Allen

  Hero, Journey, People

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• 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

  Optimistic, Effort, Creative

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• Sometimes what appears to be a setback is God's mode of elevation.

  Roderick L. Evans

  Sometimes, Elevation

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• Difficulties come not to obstruct, but to instruct. Within every setback or obstacle lie seeds of an equal or greater benefit or opportunity.

  Brian Tracy

  Lying, Opportunity, Benefits

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• I've had lots of setbacks. mainly injuries and undergoing surgery, but I just have to knuckle down and get on with it.

  Jessica-Jane Applegate

  Down And, Knuckles, Injury

  Source: www.bbc.com

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• I'm really glad that I made a lot of mistakes, poorly chose my friends throughout my twenties, and didn't have a rocket trajectory that set me on one path without making any mistakes or having any setbacks. The older I get, the more I realize that it's all of these failed, horrible things from my past, and the stories that they generated, that are the things I will draw on for the rest of my life.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Mistake, Past, Stories

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• What you think is a setback, is really a set-up for a greater comeback!

  Joel Osteen

  Thinking, Comeback, Greater

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