Losing Quotes

2661 Losing quotes by 1801 unique authors

We are afraid of losing what we have, whether it's our life or our possessions and property. But this fear evaporates when we understand that… — Paulo Coelho
Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps… — Yann Martel
I don't want to repeat my innocence. I want the pleasure of losing it again. — F. Scott Fitzgerald
Finding is losing something else. I think about, perhaps even mourn, what I lost to find this — Richard Brautigan
People never seemed to notice that, by saving time, they were losing something else. No one cared to admit that life was becoming ever poorer,… — Michael Ende
When adults say, "Teenagers think they are invincible" with that sly, stupid smile on their faces, they don't know how right they are. We need… — John Green
To lose a brother is to lose someone with whom you can share the experience of growing old, who is supposed to bring you a… — Yann Martel
And she sees that the moonlight is losing its orange glow. It has become buttery, and will soon turn to silver. — Stephen King
Need-love says of a woman, "I cannot live without her"; Gift-love longs to give her happiness, comfort, protection...appreciative love gazes and holds its breath and… — C.S. Lewis
Any fool can fight a winning battle, but it needs character to fight a losing one, and that should inspire us; which reminds me that… — William Butler Yeats
It's only after we've lost everything that we're free to do anything. — Chuck Palahniuk
The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss… — Soren Kierkegaard
I mean most girls are so dumb and all. After you neck them for a while, you can really watch them losing their brains. You… — J D Salinger
You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle. — Gertrude Stein
the way i see it, hard times aren't only about money, or drought, or dust. hard times are about losing spirit, and hope, and what… — Karen Hesse
Seven Deadly Sins Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice. — Mahatma Gandhi
That’s what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we’ve changed because of it, and what… — Richard Bach
Win by losing. Before your outer walls break, as break they must, build an inner place to protect your truth. Protect that you are infinite… — Richard Bach
The place is good. How good, one must have circumnavigated the globe to discover. Why not stay? Take root? But roots are chains. I have… — Aldous Huxley
It's funny how, even long after you've accepted the grief of losing someone you love and truly have gotten on with your life, every once… — Mary Higgins Clark
From childhood I had never believed in permanence, and yet I had longed for it. Always I was afraid of losing happiness. This month, next… — Graham Greene
Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost. — Thomas Jefferson
I fear being like everyone I hate, I fear failure, I fear losing control. I love balancing between chaos and control with everything I do.… — Marilyn Manson
I find myself only by losing myself. — Paul Ricoeur
Defeat exists but not suffering. A true warrior knows that when he loses a battle, he is improving the skill with which he wields a… — Paulo Coelho

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