quotes about Losing
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I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.
-- A. B. Yehoshua -
I'm not losing you again. You're with me. I want you there beside me. Always.
-- Abbi Glines -
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.
-- Abraham Lincoln -
Due to success I started losing friends.
-- Ace HoodSource : Song: Have Mercy, 2013
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You never realize how much you value something until you are faced with the prospect of losing it.
-- Adam BraunSource : Adam Braun (2014). “The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change”, p.160, Simon and Schuster
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The things that stress me out haven't changed. But I don't wanna lose anything. So I thought that at least I would change. I'm lucky...that I'm afraid of losing something.
-- Ai Yazawa -
I’m lucky that I’m afraid of losing something
-- Ai Yazawa -
Taking photographs can assuage the itch for possession sparked by the beauty of a place; our anxiety over losing a precious scene can decline with every click of the shutter.
-- Alain de Botton -
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Losing gets old. It's just been a heck of a month, to be honest with you.
-- Alan Trammell -
I'm certainly driven, I hate losing, I can be ruthless and short-tempered and terribly competitive.
-- Alastair Campbell -
Youll come to see that a man learns nothing from winning. The act of losing, however, can elicit great wisdom. Not least of which is how much more enjoyable it is to win. Its inevitable to lose now and again. The trick is not to make a habit of it.
-- Albert Finney -
You probably have started losing touch with humility when your friends start avoiding you without telling you why.
-- Albert Kanene Obiefuna -
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Win without boasting. Lose without excuse.
-- Albert Payson TerhuneSource : Albert Payson Terhune (1930). “To the Best of My Memory”, New York : Harper
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I much preferred winning to thinking and I didn't like losing at all.
-- Aleksandar Hemon -
I've got a temper if I need it. Nothing wrong with losing your temper, if it's for the right reasons.
-- Alex Ferguson -
I don't like losing but I've mellowed. I maybe have a short fuse but it goes away quicker now.
-- Alex Ferguson -
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One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.
-- Alexander McCall Smith -
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping.
-- Ambrose Bierce -
If you admire yourself in the mirror, let it be in fear and not delight, because the only thing that beauty will bring to you is terror of losing it.
-- Amelie NothombSource : Amelie Nothomb (2007). “Fear and Trembling: A Novel”, p.68, Macmillan
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Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.
-- Amy Sedaris -
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I can live with losing, I can't live without taking my chance.
-- Andre Agassi -
That's all I want, to keep losing myself.
-- Andrew Garfield -
See, the poor dream all their lives of getting enough to eat and looking like the rich. And what do the rich dream of?? Losing weight and looking like the poor.
-- Aravind AdigaSource : FaceBook post by Aravind Adiga from May 28, 2012
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I think the hardest thing is losing weight. That's the hardest thing more than anything else.
-- Aretha Franklin -
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Peace should provide security. It should be durable. I'm ready to go far in making painful concessions. But there is one thing I will never make any concessions on and that's the security of the Israeli citizens and the very existence of the state of Israel. The Palestinians are losing time.
-- Ariel Sharon -
Always have the situation under control, even if losing. Never betray an inward sense of defeat.
-- Arthur Ashe -
You talk about the values that you have whether they're in favor or not in favor. That's how you lead. The reality is, we're losing more and more elections.
-- Artur Davis -
I have everything in my house organized to an unnecessary T, and I love it! The only downside: I have no excuses for losing my to-do lists.
-- Ashley RickardsSource : "It's Official: Awkward's Ashley Rickards Is Freaking Hilarious and She Shared Her Phone Pics to Prove It" by Caitlin Brody, www.glamour.com. September 20, 2012.
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I think there were times when I was so afraid of losing you that I forgot I even had you at all.
-- Ashly Lorenzana -
It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they expected, and have lost what they had, - being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity."
-- AthenaeusSource : Athenaeus (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of Athenaeus (Illustrated)”, p.471, Delphi Classics
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This is what you should know about losing someone you love. They do not travel alone. You go with them.
-- Augusten BurroughsSource : Augusten Burroughs (2012). “This Is How: Proven Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterhood, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young and Old Alike.”, p.179, St. Martin's Press
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It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
-- Aung San Suu Kyi -
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
-- Barbara Bush -
How pointless life could be, what a foolish business of inventing things to love, just so you could dread losing them.
-- Barbara Kingsolver -
There's nothing special about losing your virginity over a toilet.
-- Becca Fitzpatrick -
To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment.
-- Ben Horowitz -
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But death does not stand at the end of life, it is all through it. It is the fear of losing, the knowledge of losing that makes love tender.
-- Benedict FreedmanSource : BENEDICT FREEDMAN, NANCY FREEDMAN (1947). “MRS. MIKE THE STORY OF KATHERINE MARY FLANNIGAN”
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Sometimes when you start losing detail, whether it's in music or in life, something as small as failing to be polite, you start to lose substance.
-- Benny Goodman -
The biggest factor between winning and losing is the mental approach.
-- Benson Henderson -
Losing an arm is kinda lame at one point, but at the same time, so much good has come out of it.
-- Bethany Hamilton -
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When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
-- Billy GrahamSource : Twitter post from May 25, 2015
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If you're afraid of losing, then you daren't win.
-- Bjorn Borg -
I can live with the pain of losing but I can't live with the thought of not having tried my best.
-- Bob Moore -
Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it
-- Bobby Fischer -
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I was worried about losing until I looked down the floor and saw Dale Brown. Then I knew we had a chance.
-- Bobby Knight -
We've got nothing to lose, and there's no point losing this game
-- Bobby Robson -
I once thought losing my confidence was the worst thing that could happen; then I lost my faith.
-- Bobby VeeSource : Source: film.avclub.com
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Vulnerability is not about winning, and it's not about losing. It's about having the courage to show up and be seen.
-- Brené Brown -
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Losing is easy. It's not enjoyable, but it's easy.
-- Bud Wilkinson -
Why love if losing hurts so much? We love to know that we are not alone.
-- C. S. Lewis -
I definitely have curves. I dont intend on losing them.
-- Camilla Luddington -
These close games that we're losing, the teams are not beating us. We're kind of beating ourselves.
-- Carmelo Anthony -
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I never regretted turning down anything, I never regretted losing a job because I always felt something else was out there.
-- Carol Burnett -
I love winning. I don't like losing.
-- Caroline WozniackiSource : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
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Acting allows me the freedom to let go, to be in the moment, to be spontaneous. I no longer have the fear of losing, of failure.
-- Cathy Rigby -
What made something precious? Losing it and finding it.
-- Celeste NgSource : Celeste Ng (2014). “Everything I Never Told You: A Novel”, p.280, Penguin
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I'm never going to be content with a comeback when you end up losing ... You can't just accept being in a game that's close and end up losing it. It's just not okay.
-- Charlie Weis -
I don't really know what depression is, I don't think I've felt it. I probably have. Things aren't the same when you're losing. You're not happy. That can happen. But I try to keep them separate as much as possible.
-- Chris Bosh -
When I feel like I'm doing my best work, there is a bit of a freedom, a bit of flight that you're not so much losing yourself but you're sort of in the zone
-- Chris CooperSource : "Chris Cooper, Filling the Key Role in "Breach". "Morning Edition" with Renee Montagne, www.npr.org. February 15, 2007.
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Losing hurts me. I was determined to be the best.
-- Chris Evert -
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I'll go with the guy with one house. The guy with one house is scared about losing his house.
-- Chris Rock -
In secluding himself too much from society, an author is in danger of losing that intimate acquaintance with life which is the only sure foundation of power in a writer.
-- Christian Nestell Bovee -
There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.
-- Christopher Paul CurtisSource : Christopher Paul Curtis, Holt Rinehart & Winston (2002). “Bud, not Buddy: with connections”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
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This was freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.
-- Chuck PalahniukSource : Chuck Palahniuk (2011). “Fight Club”, p.22, Random House
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I let go. Lost in oblivion. Dark and silent and complete. I found freedom. Losing all hope was freedom.
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It's hard to win a pennant, but it's harder losing one.
-- Chuck Tanner -
Nobody likes to feel like they're on the losing side of anything.
-- Chuck Todd -
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Faithfulness imparts God's reason for all circumstances. No matter what the world says, losing is no longer an option.
-- Criss Jami -
When you're losing, you see what your team is made of.
-- Curtis GrandersonSource : "'Damn Yankees' Inspire Major League Love And Hate". "Talk of the Nation" with Neal Conan, www.npr.org. April 9, 2012.
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Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
-- Daley Thompson -
Don't be afraid of losing, be afraid of playing a game and not learning something.
-- Dan Heisman -
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Most pitchers fear losing their fastball and, since I don't have one, the only thing I have to fear is fear itself.
-- Dan Quisenberry -
Losing our ignorance can be dangerous because our ignorance is a shield.
-- Dan Simmons -
Being so deeply rooted in one place and culture allows a genuine writer to experiment wildly with the material without ever losing touch with its essence.
-- Dana GioiaSource : Dana Gioia (2003). “Barrier of a common language: an American looks at contemporary British poetry”, Univ of Michigan Pr
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Man's greatest happiness comes from losing himself for the good of others.
-- David O. McKay -
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I shouldn't have to be a liar to make someone love me. I shouldn't be so afraid of losing someone that I'll do anything to make them stay.
-- Deb Caletti -
At a time when we are losing manufacturing jobs in this country, we should be doing everything we can to help our manufacturers stay competitive. They are the backbone of our economy.
-- Debbie Stabenow -
Winning an argument is losing it as it makes the loser feel bad.
-- Deepak Chopra -
The more active I am, the better I feel and the longer I can stay onstage without losing my breath.
-- Demi Lovato -
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I'm losing myself trying to compete with everyone else, instead of just being me.
-- Demi Lovato -
Look at what you've done, you're losing me is what you've won. Got me planning to go solo
-- Demi Lovato -
We risk losing what nature is if we couch its value in human terms.
-- Dick Black -
I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.
-- Dick Cavett -
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In their arrogance, ABC wanted a number-one show. They wouldnt accept losing that time slot.
-- Dirk Benedict -
How competitive can you be without losing your discipline?
-- Doc Rivers -
If we don't have workers organized into labor unions, we're in great peril of losing our democracy.
-- Dolores Huerta -
Nate Robinson has a lot of jumping ability, but I don't see Josh losing.
-- Dominique Wilkins -
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The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields.
-- Don TapscottSource : "Discovery Learning Is the New Higher Learning" by Don Tapscott, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 3, 2012.
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All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.
-- Donald MillerSource : FaceBook post by Donald Miller from Oct 16, 2012
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A team sport is not very good for me, because I can't take losing.
-- Donovan Bailey -
I had a great career and I enjoyed all of it, with the exception of losing.
-- Drew Bledsoe -
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I don't like losing at anything. Why should I?
-- Dustin Pedroia -
My memories pale as I prevail upon them again and again. They become more and more ghostly. I fear nothing so much as losing them altogether and having only my blank endless mind to live in.
-- E. L. Doctorow -
I don't like losing a ballgame any more than a salesman likes losing a sale.
-- Early Wynn -
There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it.
-- Eckhart Tolle -
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Losing a position is aggravating, whereas losing your nerve is devastating.
-- Ed Seykota -
Trying to trade during a losing streak is emotionally devastating. Trying to play 'catch up' is lethal.
-- Ed Seykota -
We're going to have to look very seriously at what we're doing right or wrong because we just keep losing.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson -
I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.
-- Eddie Bernice Johnson -