Temporary Setbacks Quotes

• Temporary setbacks are overshadowed by persistence.

  Quentin L. Cook

  Persistence, Temporary, Setback

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• Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

  Marilyn vos Savant

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  "Perfectionism: What's Bad About Being Too Good". Book by Miriam Adderholdt and Jan Goldberg, 1987.

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• One of the secrets of success is to refuse to let temporary setbacks defeat us.

  Mary Kay Ash

  Inspirational, Positive, Success

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• The defining characteristic of pessimists is that they tend to believe that bad events will last a long time, will undermine everything they do, and are their own fault. The optimists, who are confronted with the same hard knocks of this world, think about misfortune in the opposite way. They tend to believe that defeat is just a temporary setback or a challenge, that its causes are just confined to this one case.

  Martin Seligman

  Believe, Thinking, Opposites

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• Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that the setbacks and grieves which we endure help us in our marching onward.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Life, Education

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• I think whether you're having setbacks or not, the role of a leader is to always display a winning attitude.

  Colin Powell

  Attitude, Winning, Thinking

  "A Conversation With Colin Powell: What Startups Need To Know". Interview with Dan Schawbel, www.forbes.com. May 17, 2012.

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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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• Failure? I never encountered it. All I ever met were temporary setbacks.

  Dottie Walters

  Motivational, Perseverance, Rejection

  Dottie Walters (2002). “Speak and Grow Rich: Revised and Updated”, p.75, Penguin

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• Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this.

  Henry Ford

  Success, Character, Adversity

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• The road to freedom is a difficult, hard road. It always makes for temporary setbacks.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Difficult, Hard, Temporary

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2013). “"In a Single Garment of Destiny": A Global Vision of Justice”, p.55, Beacon Press

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• The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person. Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless. Should temporary setbacks afflict us, a very significant part of our struggle for self-discipline is the determination and the courage to try again....Eternal life in the kingdom of our Father is your goal, and self-discipline will surely be required if you are to achieve it.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Determination, Father, Struggle

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• Only a loser finds it impossible to accept a temporary setback. A winner asks why.

  Ita Buttrose

  Wisdom, Impossible, Loser

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