Famous aphorisms about setbacks

1. People have to go through some hardships to become successful. ——Finnish proverb

2. God sets many obstacles on our way just to strengthen our will. ——Tagore

3. What is failure? Failure is the first step to a better place. ——Phillips

4. What is a road? That is to say, it is trampled out of places where there are no roads, and it is impossible to carve out places where there are only thorns. ——Lu Xun

5. Good times make energy idle and useless, making us unable to feel our own strength, but obstacles awaken this strength and use it. ——Hume

6. I think the road ahead is smooth, so why should people stop walking because of a small obstacle? ——Lu Xun

7. I think setbacks and hardships are good opportunities to exercise will and enhance abilities. ——Zou Taofen

8. No matter when, no matter what, I will never allow myself to be a little bit discouraged. ——Edison

9. It is just a fantasy to think that it will always be smooth sailing and success will be easy without going through hardships and twists and exerting great efforts. ——Mao

10. It is best for a person to always have some adverse experiences, otherwise he will become depressed unconsciously. People are only afraid that they will fail without being scolded by others. ——Guo Moruo

11. All happiness is not without trouble, and all adversity is not without hope. ——Bacon

12. It is also a good thing that there are many thorns on the road of art. Most people are daunted, except those with strong will. ——Hugo

13. Seeds do not fall on fertile soil but on rubble. A viable seed will never be pessimistic and sigh, because only with resistance can there be tempering. ——Xia Yan

14. One of the great advantages of outstanding people is their perseverance in adverse and difficult encounters. ——Beethoven

15. Difficulties that have been overcome are opportunities for victory. ——Churchill

16. Life is full of thorns, and the only way we can think of is to quickly jump over those thorns. ——Voltaire

17. The difficulties, hardships, and failures you have experienced are all the only way to success. Be brave, challenge them, believe in yourself, and you will succeed! ——Wang Shaonan

18. Every unfavorable mutation carries the same beneficial seeds. ——Emerson

19. Without sowing, there is no harvest; without hard work, there is no success; without suffering, there is no glory; without setbacks, there is no glory. ——Payne

20. Running water only releases its vitality where it encounters resistance. ——Goethe

21. Difficulties and torture are like a hammer hitting a blank. What should be knocked off are fragile iron filings, and what will be forged into a sharp steel knife. ——Chekhov

22. Difficulties are those that bully the weak and fear the strong. The more you fear it, the more it intimidates you. The less you take it seriously, the more respectful it will be to you. ——Xuan Yongguang

23. Suffering is the teacher of life. Through suffering, you can move towards joy. ——Beethoven

24. Suffering tempers some people and destroys others. ——Fuller

25. Even if you fall a hundred times, you must stand up a hundred and one times. ——Zhang Haidi

26. Adversity and hardship are the highest schools for tempering personality. ——Liang Qichao

27. Short-term setbacks are better than short-term successes. ——Pythagoras

28. Struggle is the school for mastering skills, and setbacks are the bridge to the truth. ——Goethe

29. The knife is sharpened on the stone. The knife becomes faster and faster, and the stone becomes thinner and thinner. ——Mao Dun

30. Don’t be complacent because of luck, and don’t be depressed by misfortune. A truly strong person is good at finding shadows in good times, finding light in adversity, and always calibrating his goals. ——Ibsen

31. Steel is tempered by fire and rapid cooling. That’s why you can be strong and fearless of anything. In this way, our generation has been tempered in struggles and terrible trials, and has learned not to surrender in the face of life.

——Ostrovsky