Only the most saintly and delusional among us welcomes all pain as challenge, perceives all loss as harsh blessing. — Scott Jurek Copy Share Image
Bad company is as instructive as licentiousness. One makes up for the loss of one's innocence with the loss of one's prejudices. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
“Look up, greet sparks of fire with salted eyes, For he’s a burning atmospheric sigh: One blaze of liquid flame on midnight… — Alan James Roll Copy Share Image
“There is nothing I can give to the lost, except this: I have a responsibility I need to fathom. I have a… — Michelle Dicinoski Copy Share Image
“...the sweetness of grace and freedom comes hand in hand with the uncomfortable, bitter-rawness of honest emotions and grief.” — Natalie Brenner Copy Share Image
The defensive (or passive) investor will place chief emphasis on the avoidance of serious mistakes or losses. His second aim will be… — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
With the closures of art schools and the drop-off in humanities, you can see where that's a direct loss for the country. — Kelly Reichardt Copy Share Image
I think a lot of our problems are because people don't listen to our children. It is not always easy. They're not… — Barbara Bush Copy Share Image
“Every year my wife would get me a card for my birthday, then as I got more involved with her family I… — Tracie Daily Copy Share Image
For me, it's not about sacking the quarterback. It's about changing the course of the game. It's causing a crucial fumble at… — Simeon Rice Copy Share Image
I see great things in baseball. It's our game - the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with… — Walt Whitman Copy Share Image
I think that when you emigrate, when everything you took for granted disappears, it's a kind of loss of innocence. When you're… — Masha Gessen Copy Share Image
The answer to the mystery of existence is the love you shared sometimes so imperfectly, and when the loss wakes you to… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
Operational risk is the risk of loss resulting from bank operational failures, such as rogue traders, fraudulent sales practices, and cyber risks.… — Seth Moulton Copy Share Image
Jason Oliver C. Smith, a big dumb guy who was tan, died March 30 of lung cancer and old age. He was… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
I think a current understanding about urban behavior tells us that it's important that people get out and be able to get… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
We have all lost our possessions and many of us our homes," he said. "But these losses, severe though they may seem,… — Lloyd Jones Copy Share Image
This was a land of lost souls. Human beings who had weathered great storms in life, had suffered unspeakable loss, had been… — Clare Vanderpool Copy Share Image
“Falling apart is curling up into a fetal position and staying in bed for a week. What you were doing is having… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
One can argue that true death only happens when the last bit of influence of yourself leaves this world and no longer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic. — Dick Cavett Copy Share Image
Rather than strive to 'lose weight,' most people would be better off striving to lose only fat and to build or maintain… — Mark Sisson Copy Share Image
We can always lose something for someone, but we should not lose someone for something, because life can return that something but… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
But there is just no way to adequately prepare a 10-year old for the sudden loss of a much-loved father. It was… — Martin Luther King III Copy Share Image
Dictatorships sometimes fall unexpectedly and quickly. And [Vladimir] Putin knows that for him, the loss of power doesn't mean a comfortable retirement,… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“Having a long-term plan--and not casting it aside--is the key to dealing with our fear of loss (loss aversion).” — Ori Brafman Copy Share Image
“She felt the depth of her losses before they were realized, and she wondered, Is there still hope? Did she even dare… — Sage Steadman Copy Share Image
Pause and remember - Every morning is a new page in the story of your life. You are creating your life at… — Jennifer Young Copy Share Image
Buddhism teaches us not to want things, not to avoid things, not to be upset by the loss. In the I Ching,… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Pause and remember - Every single event in your life, especially the difficult lessons, have made you smarter, stronger, and wiser than… — Jennifer Young Copy Share Image
A $1.7 billion average increase in electricity costs is estimated to result in a $1.3 billion decrease in personal income and a… — Greg Walden Copy Share Image
Let's admit it, when a loved one passes away, all the things they did, that you first thought were annoying, suddenly become… — Carniel Dunlop Copy Share Image
I think Donald Trump is a master of moving on from losses when he suffered them, and if he can't find a… — Mark Halperin Copy Share Image
Years ago, I tried my hand at business and incurred huge loss, and my only way out was to do a movie… — Balachandra Menon Copy Share Image
“It's amazing to me; when your mind is fixed on one thing, you forget everything. You forget to eat and drink and… — Mercy Cortez Copy Share Image
“I lost my father this past year, and the word feels right because I keep looking for him. As if he were… — Mark Slouka Copy Share Image
In middle age we are apt to reach the horrifying conclusion that all sorrow, all pain, all passionate regret and loss and… — Kathleen Norris Copy Share Image
“Love transcended loss long enough for them to find that the depth of feeling is best known in silence, because in the… — Rita Leganski Copy Share Image
I ask myself, have nations ever declined from a loss of moral sense rather than from physical reasons or the pressure of… — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image