--- title: "8 Told Lost Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Told Lost quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Told Lost sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/leo-tolstoy-55_lost_we-lost-because-we-told-ourselves-we-los_191991.png" --- > [We lost because we told ourselves we lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/we-lost-because-we-told-ourselves-we-lost/) [Leo Tolstoy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leo-tolstoy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/leo-tolstoy-55_lost_we-lost-because-we-told-ourselves-we-los_191991.png) > [“The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-steve-is-when-we-fired-him-told-him/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/walter-isaacson-384_fired_the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-steve-i_380646.png) > [“I’m not in the Scouts anymore,” I remind her. Mr. Moody our scoutmaster told me to get lost, so I did, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/i-m-not-in-the-scouts-anymore-i-remind-her-mr-moody-our-scoutmaster/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdb/david-mitchell-264_following-orders_i-m-not-in-the-scouts-anymore-i-remind-h_744093.jpg) > [I told you that you lost me but I was never really found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-told-you-that-you-lost-me-but-i-was-never-really-found/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3f6/anonymous-1_lost_i-told-you-that-you-lost-me-but-i-was-ne_819737.jpg) > [“I thought I told you to get lost.'... 'And I don't ever want to see you again-- got it?' It was not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georgi-vladimov/i-thought-i-told-you-to-get-lost-and-i-don-t-ever-want-to-see-you/) [Georgi Vladimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georgi-vladimov/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/078/georgi-vladimov-38128_first-time_i-thought-i-told-you-to-get-lost-and-i-d_909122.jpg) > [That first shrink I saw when I got back to Clayton Falls told me no one is a lost cause, but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chevy-stevens/that-first-shrink-i-saw-when-i-got-back-to-clayton-falls-told-me-no/) [Chevy Stevens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chevy-stevens/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6bb/chevy-stevens-24533_broken_that-first-shrink-i-saw-when-i-got-back_1288426.jpg) > [You're wrong," I told her. "I lost that faith a long time ago." She looked at me as I said this, an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-dessen/you-re-wrong-i-told-her-i-lost-that-faith-a-long-time-ago-she-looked/) [Sarah Dessen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-dessen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f7/sarah-dessen-110_expression_you-re-wrong-i-told-her-i-lost-that-fait_2075598.png) > [“I told him I had once lost everything I had, too, and that I think that can be God’s way of building…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kimberly-novosel/i-told-him-i-had-once-lost-everything-i-had-too-and-that-i-think-that/) [Kimberly Novosel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kimberly-novosel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d2/kimberly-novosel-24920_building-walls_i-told-him-i-had-once-lost-everything-i_2109259.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/told-lost/#itemlist", "name": "Told Lost Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We lost because we told ourselves we lost.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Leo Tolstoy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leo-tolstoy/we-lost-because-we-told-ourselves-we-lost/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/leo-tolstoy-55_lost_we-lost-because-we-told-ourselves-we-los_191991.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/leo-tolstoy-55_lost_we-lost-because-we-told-ourselves-we-los_191991.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/leo-tolstoy-55_lost_we-lost-because-we-told-ourselves-we-los_191991.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We lost because we told ourselves we lost.” — Leo Tolstoy", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost,”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Isaacson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-steve-is-when-we-fired-him-told-him/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/walter-isaacson-384_fired_the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-steve-i_380646.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/walter-isaacson-384_fired_the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-steve-i_380646.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ff/walter-isaacson-384_fired_the-best-thing-ever-to-happen-to-steve-i_380646.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The best thing ever to happen to Steve is when we fired him, told him to get lost,” — Walter Isaacson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I’m not in the Scouts anymore,” I remind her. 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