Lose Quotes

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. (Aesop)
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect. View quote
Marcus Aurelius
Guard well within yourself that treasure, kindness. Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness. View quote
George Sand
Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. View quote
Rita Rudner
The quickest way to end a war is to lose it. View quote
George Orwell
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours. View quote
Harry S. Truman
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it. View quote
Robin Williams
Since everything is in our heads, we had better not lose them. View quote
Coco Chanel
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. View quote
André Gide
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. View quote
Martin Luther King Jr.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. (Mahatma Gandhi)
Everyone gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense. View quote
Gertrude Stein
There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it. View quote
George Bernard Shaw
Don't gain the world and lose your soul, wisdom is better than silver or gold... View quote
Bob Marley
Women are, of course, more intelligent. Have you ever heard of a woman that would lose her head only because a man has pretty legs? View quote
Faina Ranevskaya
The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule. View quote
Warren Buffett
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. View quote
Mahatma Gandhi
As the gambler said of his dice, to love and win is the best thing, to love and lose is the next best. View quote
William Makepeace Thackeray
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. View quote
Steve Jobs
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth. View quote
Chuck Norris
When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. (Charles Evans Hughes)
I would ... rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than triumph in a cause that I know some day will lose. View quote
Woodrow Wilson
Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose. View quote
Bill Gates
Human beings can lose their lives in libraries. They ought to be warned. View quote
Saul Bellow
Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better. View quote
Horatio Nelson