A Quote by Jerry I. Porras

Extraordinary individuals take one step back and two steps forward with most every challenge-and sometimes two steps back to one step forward. They harvest useful lessons and knowledge from what doesn't work, and they display a remarkable resiliency; and ability to bounce back from adversity.

Jerry I. Porras

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Jerry I. Porras
American - Author
Born: September 20, 1938

In a real relationship, you take two steps forward, one step back. So just because we take two steps forward and get all the benefit from that doesn't mean we can't go back or to the side.

Shelley Long

Not only in the Octagon, but also in life, sometimes I have to take two steps back to take one step forward.

Anderson Silva

I have to strive to go two steps forward and realize that, sometimes, there will be one step back.

Victoria Moran

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

Julia Cameron

Political and social change is always a stagger-step process. One step forward, two steps back. They want you to give up.

Hal Sparks

I think about the notion of progress; sometimes it does feel like two steps forward, one step back. And that just means you can't get complacent.

Meena Harris

Honestly, I feel like I spent the last 10 years just trying to work, just get my hands on the best material I could. I'd like to say that it was quite calculated and genius, my ability to take one step forward and two steps back.

Timothy Olyphant

It's a very slow process - two steps forward, one step back - but I'm inching in the right direction.

Rob Reiner

When you're fighting for civil rights, it's sometimes two steps forward and one step back. Civil rights are an evolution; and you have to bring people along.

Gloria Allred

Sometimes you have to take two steps back to take ten forward.

Nipsey Hussle

My career has been two steps forward and three steps back.

Lari White

The fundamental problem with program maintenance is that fixing a defect has a substantial (20-50 percent) chance of introducing another. So the whole process is two steps forward and one step back.

Fred Brooks

The most disturbing part of working on all these issues is the amount of money spent by corporations to confuse, mislead and misinform the public. This is one of the reasons why we are always taking two steps forward and three steps back.

Laurie David

It's a long journey - the change can only be measured in increments of five years at a time. For every two steps forward, there is one step back. Don't let that discourage you, because you can play a big part in ensuring that measurable change takes place in the coming decade.

Jack Norris

For every step forward in electronic communications, we've taken two steps back in humanity. People know how to use a computer and answering machines but have forgotten how to connect with one another. Our society is unraveling. We're too self-obsessed.

Letitia Baldrige

Sometimes you have to take a half step back to take two forward.

Vince McMahon

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