Quotes about setback
A collection of quotes on the topic of setback, doing, life, experience.
Quotes about setback

2008, Election victory speech (November 2008)

As quoted in The Third Reich: A New History by Michael Burleigh, p.1884
1930s

1980s, First term of office (1981–1985), Address on the Strategic Defense Initiative (1983)

2014, Remarks to the People of Estonia (September 2014)

“Having encountered many setbacks, Havel lived with a spirit of hope”
Statement of President Obama on the death of Vaclav Havel (18 December 2011) http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/12/18/statement-president-obama-death-vaclav-havel
2011
Context: Having encountered many setbacks, Havel lived with a spirit of hope, which he defined as “the ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.” His peaceful resistance shook the foundations of an empire, exposed the emptiness of a repressive ideology, and proved that moral leadership is more powerful than any weapon. He played a seminal role in the Velvet Revolution that won his people their freedom and inspired generations to reach for self-determination and dignity in all parts of the world.

2013, "Let Freedom Ring" Ceremony (August 2013)
Context: To dismiss the magnitude of this progress -- to suggest, as some sometimes do, that little has changed -- that dishonors the courage and the sacrifice of those who paid the price to march in those years. Medgar Evers, James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, Martin Luther King Jr. -- they did not die in vain. Their victory was great. But we would dishonor those heroes as well to suggest that the work of this nation is somehow complete. The arc of the moral universe may bend towards justice, but it doesn’t bend on its own. To secure the gains this country has made requires constant vigilance, not complacency. Whether by challenging those who erect new barriers to the vote, or ensuring that the scales of justice work equally for all, and the criminal justice system is not simply a pipeline from underfunded schools to overcrowded jails, it requires vigilance. And we'll suffer the occasional setback. But we will win these fights. This country has changed too much. People of goodwill, regardless of party, are too plentiful for those with ill will to change history’s currents.

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

United Nations Bulletin Vol. XVI, No. 4 (15 February 1954)

Quoted by Kalu Ogbaa, Understanding Things Fall Apart (1999), Greenwood Press, ISBN 978-0-313-30294-7.

“Setbacks in trying to realize the ideal do not prove that the ideal is at fault.”
As quoted by Rolf Edberg, Swedish Ambassador to Norway, accepting the Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of Hammarskjöld in Oslo, Norway (10 December 1961) http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1961/hammarskjold-acceptance.html

The fight against racism doesn't stop here (2013)

Real Clear Politics Nov 2008 http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/11/ego_and_mouth.html
2000s
"When I say I'm a Buddhist"[citation needed]

p. 184. Detailing the salvaging of U.S.S. S-51.

“Setbacks there and at home will only increase our strength…”
About Japanese soldiers sent to Kiska. Quoted in "Out on the Causeway" - Time Magazine - May 24, 1943

On the Correct Handling of Contradictions Among the People
Source: (zh-CN) 任何新生事物的成长都是要经过艰难曲折的。在社会主义事业中,要想不经过艰难曲折,不付出极大努力,总是一帆风顺,容易得到成功,这种想法,只是幻想。

Source: Doing Virtuous Business (Thomas Nelson, 2011), p. 78.

People interview (December 28, 1992) http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20109507,00.html
White House years (1993–2000)

1970s, Proclamation 4417 (1976)

“If you have a setback, Don’t take a step back- Get ready for a comeback!”
Comeback & Beyond: How to Turn Your Setback into Your Comeback (2010)
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)
But in spite of such wanton cruelty, Muslim power continued to decline till the Khaljis revived it after 1290 AD.
`Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni, quoted from Goel, Sita Ram (2001). The story of Islamic imperialism in India. ISBN 9788185990231 Ch. 6
Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh

Opinion: Turkey – Towards a “One and a Half Party” System http://english.aawsat.com/2016/08/article55355819/opinion-turkey-towards-one-half-party-system, Ashraq Al-Awsat (5 Aug, 2016).

[Text of McCain's Speech on First-Term Goals, http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/05/15/text_of_mccains_vision_of_2013.html, washingtonpost.com, 2008-05-15, 2008-06-01]
2000s, 2008

2000s, 2008, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (September 2008)

1963, President John F. Kennedy's last formal speech and public words
Context: I think the United States should be a leader. A country as rich and powerful as this which bears so many burdens and responsibilities, which has so many opportunities, should be second to none. And in December, while I do not regard our mastery of space as anywhere near complete, while I recognize that there are still areas where we are behind — at least in one area, the size of the booster — this year I hope the United States will be ahead. And I am for it. We have a long way to go. Many weeks and months and years of long, tedious work lie ahead. There will be setbacks and frustrations and disappointments. There will be, as there always are, pressures in this country to do less in this area as in so many others, and temptations to do something else that is perhaps easier. But this research here must go on. This space effort must go on. The conquest of space must and will go ahead. That much we know. That much we can say with confidence and conviction.

Chap. 13 : Advance with a Sense of Purpose
The Laws of Human Nature (2018)

Chap. 15 : Make Them Want to Follow You
The Laws of Human Nature (2018)

Chap. 18 : Meditate on Our Common Mortality
The Laws of Human Nature (2018)

09.11.2000 - p.431
Theft by Finding: Diaries, Volume 1 (1977-2002) (2017)

2021, January, Presidential Inaugural Address (2021)

Foreword to Winning Basketball : Techniques and Drills for Playing Better Offensive Basketball (2004) by Ralph L. Pim

“The [mask-wearing] ban [by Hong Kong protesters] represents a setback in democracy.”
Source: Cho Jung-tai (2019) cited in " HK’s mask ban not a solution: MAC http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2019/10/06/2003723473" on Taipei Times, 6 October 2019.