Loss Quotes

2897 Loss quotes by 1935 unique authors

I was horrified. Absolutely heart sick. All I could think of was that after 23 years together, I'd lost my faithful ally. I couldn't sleep,… — Ben Crenshaw
The reality is that you will grieve forever. You will not "get over" the loss of a loved one; you will learn to live with… — Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
Winning and losing are both very temporary things. Having done one or the other, you move ahead. Gloating over a victory or sulking over a… — Chuck Knox
It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the… — Mark Twain
There are three needs of the griever: To find the words for the loss, to say the words aloud and to know that the words… — Victoria Alexander
But loss is a precious stone to me, a nectar Distilled in time, preaching the truth of winter To the fallen heart that does not… — James K. Baxter
The worst thing that will probably happen-in fact is already well underway-is not energy depletion, economic collapse, conventional war, or the expansion of totalitarian governments.… — E. O. Wilson
I believe that the freedom of speech should be protected, but so should a family's right to privacy as they grieve their loss. There is… — Dave Reichert
The loss of a sense adds as much beauty to the world as its acquisition. — Marcel Proust
No loss by flood and lightning, no destruction of cities and temples by the hostile forces of nature, has deprived man of so many noble… — Helen Keller
The loss of life will be irreplaceable. — Dan Quayle
A disease is never a mere loss or excess. There is always a reaction on the part of the organism or individual to restore, replace… — Oliver Sacks
A single blow must destroy the enemy... without regard of losses... a gigantic all-destroying blow. — Adolf Hitler
The one thing I learned about myself going back and watching tapes of all the losses that we've had is that I'm physically capable of… — Lisa Leslie
The morale and the camaraderie that we had for one another earlier in the year is starting to come under duress because of all the… — Bill Russell
When a rap song glorifies violence, death and sadness and loss is inflicted because of the violence. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Ours is a society of denial that conditions us to protect ourselves from any direct difficulty and discomfort. We expend enormous energy denying our insecurity,… — Jack Kornfield
... no wisdom that [my kitten] may gain by experience and reflection hereafter will compensate for the loss of her present hilarity. — William Cowper
If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible. — Bernard Baruch
There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain. — Plautus
Losing is a learning experience. It teaches you humility. It teaches you to work harder. It's also a powerful motivator. — Yogi Berra
A bulging portfolio of spiritual experiences matters little if it does not have the power to sustain us through the inevitable moments of grief, loss,… — Jack Kornfield
I tried the Scarsdale diet and the Stillman water diet (you remember that one, where you run weight off trying to get to the bathroom). — Dolly Parton
We Greeks are lovers of the beautiful, yet simple in our tastes, and we cultivate the mind without loss of manliness. — Thucydides
Silence has many dimensions. It can be a regression and an escape, a loss of self, or it can be presence, awareness, unification, self-discovery. Negative… — Thomas Merton

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