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title: "37 Lose Battle Quotes by 32 authors"
description: "Browse 37 Lose Battle quotes by 32 authors. Discover the best Lose Battle sayings and thoughts."
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> [Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-green/sometimes-you-lose-a-battle-but-mischief-always-wins-the-war/)

[John Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-green/)

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> [If I move, if I speak, if I so much as blink, I'm going to lose this battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tabitha-suzuma/if-i-move-if-i-speak-if-i-so-much-as-blink-i-m-going-to-lose-this/)

[Tabitha Suzuma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tabitha-suzuma/)

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> [To lose patience is to lose the battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/to-lose-patience-is-to-lose-the-battle/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [I feel like each possession is a battle and you never want to lose a battle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/draymond-green/i-feel-like-each-possession-is-a-battle-and-you-never-want-to-lose-a/)

[Draymond Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/draymond-green/)

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> [“Focus on the win and you lose the battle, focus on the battle and you win.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-sorenson/focus-on-the-win-and-you-lose-the-battle-focus-on-the-battle-and-you/)

[Toni Sorenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-sorenson/)

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> [Even those who lose the battle are not cowards - if they have fought.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louise-closser-hale/even-those-who-lose-the-battle-are-not-cowards-if-they-have-fought/)

[Louise Closser Hale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louise-closser-hale/)

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> [Sometimes you have to lose the battle, to win the war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patience/sometimes-you-have-to-lose-the-battle-to-win-the-war/)

[Patience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patience/)

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> [Be willing to lose a battle in order to win the war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-jackson-brown-jr/be-willing-to-lose-a-battle-in-order-to-win-the-war/)

[H. Jackson Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-jackson-brown-jr/)

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> [“You're not defeated when you lose a battle. You are defeated when you give up the struggle”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mouloud-benzadi/you-re-not-defeated-when-you-lose-a-battle-you-are-defeated-when-you/)

[Mouloud Benzadi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mouloud-benzadi/)

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> [In songs and movies they say that they lose the battle but win the war, but I can see that I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamie-leah/in-songs-and-movies-they-say-that-they-lose-the-battle-but-win-the/)

[Jamie-Leah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamie-leah/)

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> [Love is like a battle you fight for it but When you lose that battle there is no more Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/love-is-like-a-battle-you-fight-for-it-but-when-you-lose-that-battle/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [You will never lose a battle if you know your own situation as well as that of the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vikrant-parsai/you-will-never-lose-a-battle-if-you-know-your-own-situation-as-well/)

[Vikrant Parsai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vikrant-parsai/)

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> [Every man should lose a battle in his youth, so he does not lose a war when he is old.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/every-man-should-lose-a-battle-in-his-youth-so-he-does-not-lose-a-war/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [It doesn't matter if you win or lose in a battle. What matters is that you manage to fight and face the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-doesn-t-matter-if-you-win-or-lose-in-a-battle-what-matters-is-that/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I rather choose to lose a battle rather than winning a war. Don't compare yourself to others, instead focus on your gifts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-rather-choose-to-lose-a-battle-rather-than-winning-a-war-don-t/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I suppose I didn't cry in all the cancer crap stuff because I felt I couldn't lose the battle, and part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-suppose-i-didn-t-cry-in-all-the-cancer-crap-stuff-because-i-felt-i/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-morris/i-pondered-all-these-things-and-how-men-fight-and-lose-the-battle-and/)

[William Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-morris/)

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> [Every man at some point in his life is gonna lose a battle. He's gonna fight and he's gonna lose. But what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-taylor/every-man-at-some-point-in-his-life-is-gonna-lose-a-battle-he-s-gonna/)

[Eric Taylor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-taylor/)

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> [When you are in any contest, you should work as if there were - to the very last minute - a chance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dwight-d-eisenhower/when-you-are-in-any-contest-you-should-work-as-if-there-were-to-the/)

[Dwight D. Eisenhower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dwight-d-eisenhower/)

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> [“Tips for Being Mindful • Focus on what works • Keep an eye on your goals and values • Give up opinions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/valerie-porr-m-a/tips-for-being-mindful-focus-on-what-works-keep-an-eye-on-your-goals/)

[Valerie Porr M.A](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/valerie-porr-m-a/)

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> [“THE ANCIENT ROMANS were used to being defeated. Like the rulers of most of history’s great empires, they could lose battle after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yuval-noah-harari/the-ancient-romans-were-used-to-being-defeated-like-the-rulers-of/)

[Yuval Noah Harari](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yuval-noah-harari/)

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> [For those who want to pick up old fights, we're game, but what a waste of time. Why not join hands instead?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-those-who-want-to-pick-up-old-fights-we-re-game-but-what-a-waste/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [In the environmental movement, every time you lose a battle it's for good, but our victories always seem to be temporary and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/in-the-environmental-movement-every-time-you-lose-a-battle-it-s-for/)

[David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/)

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> [I have to. I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kelley-armstrong/i-have-to-i-ve-been-fighting-it-all-night-i-m-going-to-lose-my-battle/)

[Kelley Armstrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kelley-armstrong/)

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> [The first place we lose the battle is in our own thinking. If you think it is permanent then it's permanent. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/the-first-place-we-lose-the-battle-is-in-our-own-thinking-if-you/)

[Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/)

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> [One day or another every athlete feels like taking it easy. He stops trying to exceed his limits, and thinks he can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jesse-owens/one-day-or-another-every-athlete-feels-like-taking-it-easy-he-stops/)

[Jesse Owens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jesse-owens/)

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> [If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/if-you-want-to-know-the-one-reason-that-s-taking-me-back-i-ll-tell/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [“If we insist that in the real world the ultimate victor must be the good guy, we’ve sacrificed right to might. (That’s…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/if-we-insist-that-in-the-real-world-the-ultimate-victor-must-be-the/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/i-nearly-forgot-ragnak-had-a-further-message-for-you-he-said-if-we/)

[John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/)

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> [Life is struggle. Even to stand up is a struggle against the law of gravity and I think that the joy of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-lincoln-rockwell/life-is-struggle-even-to-stand-up-is-a-struggle-against-the-law-of/)

[George Lincoln Rockwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-lincoln-rockwell/)

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> [ “\[O\]ne has to have endured a few decades before wanting, let alone needing, to embark on the project of recovering lost life.… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/o-ne-has-to-have-endured-a-few-decades-before-wanting-let-alone/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [Lose this battle so we can win the war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olivia/lose-this-battle-so-we-can-win-the-war/)

[Olivia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olivia/)

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> [I may lose a battle but I will never lose a minute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-bonaparte/i-may-lose-a-battle-but-i-will-never-lose-a-minute/)

[Napoleon Bonaparte](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-bonaparte/)

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> [“Most important fact of war? Keep your army in existence. Lose the battle, but keep your eye on winning the war.” But”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-michener/most-important-fact-of-war-keep-your-army-in-existence-lose-the/)

[James A. Michener](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-michener/)

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> [From the neck up is where you win or lose the battle. It's the art of war. You have to lock yourself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-joshua/from-the-neck-up-is-where-you-win-or-lose-the-battle-it-s-the-art-of/)

[Anthony Joshua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-joshua/)

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> [“This showed once again that everyone had something different to lose in this battle. Some were concerned for their lives, and some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kai-meyer/this-showed-once-again-that-everyone-had-something-different-to-lose/)

[Kai Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kai-meyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/668/kai-meyer-11122_death_this-showed-once-again-that-everyone-had_2435919.jpg)

> [“A battle is won by the side that is absolutely determined to win. Why did we lose the battle of Austerlitz? Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/a-battle-is-won-by-the-side-that-is-absolutely-determined-to-win-why/)

[Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/)

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                        "text": "I have to. I've been fighting it all night. I'm going to lose. My battle is as futile as a woman feeling the first pangs of labor and deciding it's an inconvenient time to give birth. Nature wins out. It always does.",
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                        "text": "If you want to know the one reason that's taking me back, I'll tell you: I cannot bring myself to abandon to destruction all the greatness of the world, all that which was mine and yours, which was made by us and is still ours by right - because I cannot believe that men refuse to see, that they can remain blind and deaf to us forever, when the truth is ours and their lives depend on accepting it. . . . So long as men desire to live, I cannot lose my battle.",
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                        "text": "I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as well, he's going to kill you for it,\" he said cheerfully. Halt smiled grimly. \"If we lose this battle, he may have to get in line to do it. There'll be a few thousand Temujai cavalrymen in front of him.",
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                        "text": "“[O]ne has to have endured a few decades before wanting, let alone needing, to embark on the project of recovering lost life. And I think it may be possible to review 'the chronicles of wasted time.' William Morris wrote in The Dream of John Ball that men fight for things and then lose the battle, only to win it again in a shape and form that they had not expected, and then be compelled again to defend it under another name. We are all of us very good at self-persuasion and I strive to be alert to its traps, but a version of what Hegel called 'the cunning of history' is a parallel commentary that I fight to keep alive in my mind.”",
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