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Quotes About Lose

If you get caught in an argument, just accept that you can have only two outcomes from it: win or lose. Settle with one and just move on.
~ Unknown
A man will not let a good woman walk away... but a Boy with pride will lose treasured possession because of his ego.
~ Unknown
Nature is a living system, so sacred That those who use it profanely Will surely lose it; And to lose nature Is to lose ourselves." (Tao Te Ching 29)
~ Diane Dreher
worrying, Potter! Don't stand there and look so unhappy! If we lose, we win, and if we win, we win! Everything is good!
~ Donna Tartt
It's a very Greek idea, and a very profound one. Whatever we call beautiful, we quiver before it. And what could be more terrifying and beautiful, to lose control completely? To throw off all the chains of being for an instant, to shatter the accident of our mortal selves?
~ Donna Tartt
But one mustn't underestimate the primal appeal—to lose one's self, lose it utterly. And in losing it be born to the principle of continuous life, outside the prison of mortality and time.
~ Donna Tartt
It is the world, my boy," he said. "All the World, in ink and blood, vellum and parchment, leather and hide. It is the World, and it is yours to save or lose.
~ James A. Owen
Pessimism is carefully cultivated in some intellectual circles, as if it were a precious plant that the human race could not afford to lose.
~ Unknown
I could smell his scent; a mixture of amber, honey and apples mixed with his own skin's oils and the brisk winter air. Something deep inside me responded to the fragrance. I felt as if I could lose myself in it. Wrap it around me like a cashmere shawl & be forever warmed.
~ M. J. Rose
He took the law into his own hands, and he murdered two people. Planned it all, very carefully. Our legal system does not permit vigilante justice. Now, you can win the case, and if you do, justice will prevail. But if you lose it, justice will also prevail. Kind of a strange case, I guess. I just wish I had it.
~ John Grisham
In love, very rarely do we win but when love is true, even if you lose, you still win just for having the tingle of loving someone more than you love yourself.
~ Ritu Ghatourey
Boys are like pennies. You find them lying around everywhere! They aren't worth much. Some are bright, some are dull. But don't be sad if you lose one cuz there is a million more out there!
~ Unknown
The only way I can lose my mind in bed is to destroy myself in a fantasy.
~ Patti Smith
If we want to be known in heaven and feared in hell we must be willing to lose our reputation here on earth.
~ Loren Cunningham
Expectations and hopes are totally different. Expecting something to happen is like betting on it, either you win a great deal or you lose the same way, but there is no limit for your hopes, you can keep your hopes as long as you care...
~ Unknown
You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play.
~ Jeanette Winterson
The opportunity to truly Live doesn't wait. Either We USE it or We LOSE it.
~ Unknown
In order to achieve great happiness, you must be willing to take great risks. It is a win regardless for you. If you win, you will be happy. If you lose, you will have learned something and become wiser.
~ Unknown
TRUST is a fragile thing. Easy to break, Easy to lose and one of the hardest things to ever get back.
~ Unknown
If you can EAT! you can lose the weight!!
~ Nancy S. Mure
People willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither and will lose both
~ Benjamin Franklin
Interviewing friends is a tough one. Your duty to the interview must transcend your friendship. Occasionally you'll lose a friend.
~ Walter Cronkite
Freedom bestows on us the priceless gift of opportunity - if we neglect our opportunities we shall certainly lose our freedom
~ Dwight David Eisenhower
Mail your packages early so the Post Office can lose them in time for Christmas.
~ Johnny Carson