handling setbacks Quotes

How many mistakes can one life survive?

Don't let a kick in the ass stop you. It's how you cope that says what you are.

The challenge of education is not to prepare a person for success, but to prepare him for failure.

If you cannot solve it, it is not a problem - it is reality.

Success in life is defined by how well you deal with plan B.

It is not the trials in your life that develop or destroy you, but rather your response to those hardships.

The greatest measure of a human being isn't how he handles himself when things are going well, but how he handles himself when things are going badly, when defeat comes.

The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise.

I remember ones I lost [shot]. I remember the ones I won, but I remember the ones I lost, something that I will never forget. Did it ruin me or hurt my career? It taught me about life, how to take the bad with the good.

Life’s greatest tragedy consists of men and women who earnestly try, and fail!

Everyone crashes Some get back on Some don't Some can't.

There are always ups and downs, no matter how successful you are.

Success in life is not how well we execute Plan A; it's how smoothly we cope with Plan B.

I recently had my problems on the run, but now they've re-grouped, and are making another attack.

A positive attitude is important, but it is only part of the story. Understanding how to surmount pain, doubt, and failure is a vital component in winning the game of life.

All of us get knocked down, but it's resiliency that really matters. All of us do well when things are going well, but the thing that distinguishes athletes is the ability to do well in times of great stress, urgency and pressure.

Life has a way of breaking even the strongest among us.

I also know that every person faces adversity in life. Abraham Lincoln held this seat in Congress in one term. But few faced as many defeats in his personal, business and public life as he did.

I'm trained to difficulties; difficulties can't be eliminated from life.

Life will throw everything but the kitchen sink in your path, and then it will throw the kitchen sink. It's your job to avoid the obstacles. If you let them stop you or distract you, you're not doing your job, and failing to do your job will cause regrets that paralyze you more than a bad back.

Keep your head up in failure and your head down in success.

A long list. From getting cut from the high school basketball team, to getting fired from jobs, getting credit cards rejected and cut up. Rejection has only been a distraction, not a roadblock. “Every no gets me closer to a yes,” was the saying I used to use.

The major problem of life is learning how to handle the costly interruptions. The door that slams shut, the plan that got sidetracked, the marriage that failed. Or that lovely poem that didn't get written because someone knocked on the door.

No matter how well prepared you are in life, you're gonna fall down a hole, and if you can fix the frayed ends of things, then you're better off.