Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Loss

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–81) Russian Novelist, Essayist, Writer

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return?
Epictetus (55–135) Ancient Greek Philosopher

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight.
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher

You’re never a loser until you quit trying.
Mike Ditka (b.1939) American Sportsperson

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
Samuel Butler

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.
Democritus (c.460–c.370 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher

Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion, a child’s loss of a doll and a king’s loss of a crown are events of the same size.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
Baltasar Gracian (1601–58) Spanish Scholar, Prose Writer

If a man falls once, all will tread upon him.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

I hate to lose more than I love to win.
Jimmy Connors (b.1952) American Tennis Player

Grief is the price we pay for love
Queen Elizabeth II (1926–2022) Queen of United Kingdom

I never thought that heav’n would lose its blue
And sullen storm-clouds mask the gentle sky;
I never thought the rose’s velvet hue
Would pale and sicken, though we said good-by.
I never dreamed the lark would hush its note
As day succeeded ever-drearier day,
Nor knew the song that swelled the robin’s throat
Would fade to silence, when you went away.
I never knew the sun’s irradiant beams
Upon the brooding earth no more would shine,
Nor thought that only in my mocking dreams
Would happiness that once I knew be mine.
I never thought the slim moon, mournfully,
Would shroud her pallid self in murky night.
Dear heart, I never thought these things would be-
I never thought they would, and I was right.
Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) American Humorist, Journalist

There are occasions when it is undoubtedly better to incur loss than to make gain.
Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) (c.250–184 BCE) Roman Comic Playwright

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.
Jose Ortega y. Gasset (1883–1955) Spanish Critic, Journalist, Philosopher

No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) American Sportsperson

Whoever said, “It’s not whether you win or lose that counts,” probably lost.
Martina Navratilova (b.1956) Czech-born American Sportsperson

The cheerful loser is the winner.
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Joe Paterno (1926–2012) American Sportsperson

Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American Actor, Philanthropist

Suppressed grief suffocates, it rages within the breast, and is forced to multiply its strength.
Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) British Royal

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
Robert E. Lee (1807–70) Confederate General during American Civil War

When by the Ruins oft I past
My sorrowing eyes aside did cast
And here and there the places spy
Where oft I sate and long did lie.
Here stood that Trunk, and there that chest,
There lay that store I counted best,
My pleasant things in ashes lie
And them behold no more shall I.
Under the roof no guest shall sit,
Nor at thy Table eat a bit.
No pleasant talk shall ‘ere be told
Nor things recounted done of old.
No Candle ‘ere shall shine in Thee,
Nor bridegroom’s voice ere heard shall bee.
In silence ever shalt thou lie.
Anne Bradstreet (1612–72) American Poet

Wise men ne’er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Empty your mind of all thoughts.
Laozi (fl.6th Century BCE) Chinese Philosopher, Sage

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.
Steffi Graf (b.1969) German Tennis Player, Philanthropist

What’s gone and what’s past help should be past grief.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet

The first proof of a person’s incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others.
Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846) English Painter, Writer

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