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

Henry Ford

We want to keep it going. We don't want to have any setbacks.

Ibrahim Jaaber

Some people, if you go with the setbacks, could lose 30 to 40 percent of their property.

Tom Oliver

We had a great preseason. The guys responded with what coach (George Karl) wanted early on in pace of the game, togetherness and defensive intensity. We've improved in those areas with a couple of setbacks, but we've improved each game.

Scott Brooks

I know how he feels now, and he knows how I feel. We know we're both doing pretty well. It's one of those things that we both hope we don't have setbacks and can keep going forward and make progress.

Wade Miller

I definitely wouldn't want to go through it again. I never had any real setbacks and it wasn't grueling by any means. It just got boring. I couldn't watch a whole baseball game on TV. I'd have to turn it off after a couple of innings. But I'm itching to play now.

Travis Blackley

Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King's faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.

Adam Schiff

Leaders must pick causes they won't abandon easily, remain committed despite setbacks, and communicate their big ideas over and over again in every encounter.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

We maxed out on the setbacks.

Alex Hannigan

I've learned over a period of years there are setbacks when you come up against the immovable object; sometimes the object doesn't move.

Coleman Young

People who make money often make mistakes, and even have major setbacks, but they believe they will eventually prosper, and they see every setback as a lesson to be applied in their move towards success.

Jerry Gillies

I knew he was a little short that first week. It was no fault of his. There had been a lot of weather setbacks in his training.

Jonathan Roberts

It felt good. It was a good start. It was a confidence builder. Physically, I felt OK and I didn't have any setbacks. It is a good sign, so far.

Fred Taylor

Our main concern at this time is to gain trust. Colombia can't take any more setbacks.

Luis Carlos Restrepo

We tell people we're doing good, we're doing great, we're doing all right. There's a reason for that. Because it's what people want to hear. There's just a lot of things that could be going our way now that ain't going our way. There's a lot of setbacks to Jeffrey.

Shane May

We knew it was going to be rough, but we're very pleased with what happened this year and the outcome here. Despite some setbacks, the kids stayed focused and kept working hard.

Bob Berceau

The most immediate concern remains Iraq, where the prospect of further severe political and economic setbacks appears to be increasing.

Paul Horsnell

A lot of countries' economies have done very well on rising exports, but they haven't been as successful in improving their budgetary situation. Latin America is heavily indebted, and the political cycle can be quite volatile, so there's a chance of some setbacks there.

Brian Coulton

She's really got her act together. If she continues to work and doesn't have any setbacks, she could be in the top five at state.

Jeff Lee

What's different about this club, when you have this many setbacks, it's usually part of why you don't win or you barely squeeze by in the last week of the season with a good but not great record. To have this kind of run and play this quality of baseball for this long is why this club deserves a very different kind of credit.

Tony La Russa

All the setbacks in the zloty have been politically driven and now we can ignore the politics and focus on fundamentals. All that speculation about rate cuts is also proving very bullish for the zloty.

Aziz Mcmahon

It's not easy, what he's trying to do, so we all need to take that into account. If it was easy, there'd be a lot more people doing it. He's had some success and he's had some setbacks. If somebody can pull this off, it's R.A.

Tim Ireland

We cannot avoid setbacks here when the U.S. market is suffering. If it were not for the volatile movements in New York, stocks here could actually be rising more.

Carlos Augusto Levorin

We had a day off (Sunday), I felt good enough (Monday) that I wanted to get on the ice and get some shots. If I have any setbacks, I'll have to take a practice off.

Robert Luongo

Our aim is to be at the top at the World Cup and such setbacks may be even good in the long run, we can learn from them.

Oliver Bierhoff

They have always been almost puritanical in talking about setbacks.

Michael Scheuer

The playground will be up and running some time in April or May, barring setbacks.

Sean Benson

I was worried because that's stuff you never know about until they actually look at it, ... I was scared. I didn't want any setbacks.

Fred Smoot

He wouldn't accept the role of a loser despite all of the setbacks and problems, ... Within himself he always was working far past this week's game or this season. He always lived with his grand scheme for building a great team in Dallas. It was obvious he was going to play the best men available.

Frank Clarke

This is a historic moment. This is not a false dawn, it's a real recovery. There will be setbacks, but...the reasons why [Japan] got into trouble and stayed in trouble have been worked through.

Donald Coxe

The show basically charts life. Youthful optimism, brash idealism, first love, setbacks, relationships, the drive to keep on improving one's self and life, ending on an optimistic note for the future. There is no definite script of the show. Instead we follow musical paths.

Rob Stevens

We're making progress. We're learning. We are having the expected occasional setbacks along the way, but our commitment to international (growth) is solid.

David Flanery

I have had a total of six operations, and of course all the injuries have been difficult setbacks, but at the same time I have to try to look a the positive side in that I have had a very long career despite the injuries.

Thomas Enqvist

We set out to test a promising but unproven hypothesis that has proven to be less promising than we anticipated. This is the nature of science: to have incremental gains and setbacks. We have a duty as scientists to put the best information out there at any given time, even if it can become confusing.

Jacques Rossouw

If you look at the state of the value-added-tax, it has been subject to a lot of delays and setbacks, so we won't know if it will be implemented until it happens.

Agost Benard

We all certainly expected a better start. We've just had a couple of setbacks that made a difference.

Jason Tarleton

Experience is always a great thing, ... The older you are, the wiser you get. We've got some guys with experience who have been there, done that. There were some setbacks with the injuries last year but I'm done with that.

Derek Morris

Wes has always been a competitor. He's had a couple setbacks with his career. I knew Wes could play. It was a matter of getting him in shape and on the court. He runs the team well. People feed off his energy and natural leadership ability.

Marcel Jones

The fact is from this point forward they're going to do more training and they haven't had any setbacks at all.

Mark Thompson

We found that success involved much more than skilled individual doctors and nurses. What distinguished these hospitals was how well they were organized, how teams functioned together, how the culture rewarded quality improvement and how they dealt with setbacks.

Elizabeth Bradley