Quotes & Sayings About Overcoming Setbacks

I think in some ways we have allowed other people to set the agenda. Other people to define who we are. — Lee Scott

Gregori's arm moved from around her waist to circle her neck, a male gesture of ownership. Savannah laughed to herself. Carpathian men were not far from the cave.
I caught that, mon amour. Gregori's soft voice brushed at her mind, a low caress that curled warmth in her stomach. He sounded close to teasing, but she noticed he didn't drop his arm from around her neck. — Christine Feehan

Evil, above all evil on the scale practiced by Nazi Germany, can never be satisfactorily remembered. The very enormity of the crime renders all memorialisation incomplete. Its inherent implausibility - the sheer difficulty of conceiving of it in calm retrospect - opens the door to diminution and even denial. Impossible to remember as it truly was, it is inherently vulnerable to being remembered as it wasn't. — Tony Judt

Aunt Claire, may I ask you a question?" "Ask away, young Jedi. — Jeanne Birdsall

All mothers just want their angels to find men worthy of them. Even more than that, someone that will look at them like they're magic. — Karina Halle

A person who cannot handle setbacks will never handle victories either. — Orrin Woodward

Recall that the United Nations commissioned Arab scholars and analysts to publish the Arab Human Development Report. What causes the backwardness, the scholars wondered, of 22 Arab states, covering nearly 300 million people? Their conclusion? Of all world regions, the Arab countries scored the lowest in freedom, media independence, civil liberties, political process and political rights. — Larry Elder

We can make these changes if we are willing to unite and stand together. The road to a sustainable future is clear, and the technologies are ready and cost-efficient. The only thing holding us back is the lack of political will. And with the crisis at hand, this is no excuse for failing to fight for the future we want for generations to come. We must move forward fearlessly to build a mass movement with the political power necessary to create a truly sustainable energy future. We must do this - it's a matter of life and death. — Wenonah Hauter

I had no idea, however, that in Pennsylvania, the cradle of toleration and freedom of religion, it [fanaticism] could have arisen to the height you describe. This must be owing to the growth of Presbyterianism. The blasphemy of the five points of Calvin, and the impossibility of defending them, render their advocates impatient of reasoning, irritable, and prone to denunciation. — Thomas Jefferson

Life is a series of obstacles and setbacks; living is overcoming them. — Dean Karnazes

You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend. — Tom Petty

Those three divine attributes of a perfect woman: goodness, beauty and wealth. — Arthur Desmond

I can understand wanting to have a million dollars but once you get beyond that, I have to tell you, it's the same hamburger. — Bill Gates

What, then, is the word of the religion of Jesus to those who stand with their backs against the wall? — Arthur G. Holder

Love is the answer, that everyone seeks ... Love is the language, that every heart speaks. — Helen Steiner Rice

In the end, that's why some of us stupid humans get married. Because we know that we can lose each other and find each other again. — Courtney Maum