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    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 we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.

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There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.

There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.

by Francis Bacon, Sr. Found in: Losing Quotes,
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You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the read more

You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.

by Richard M. Nixon Found in: Losing Quotes,
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Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand read more

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways

by Stephen Vincent Benet Found in: Losing Quotes,
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Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

by Ludwig Borne Found in: Losing Quotes,
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The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.

by Thomas Jefferson Found in: Losing Quotes,
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Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, read more

Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain

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We lost because we told ourselves we lost

We lost because we told ourselves we lost

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Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.

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The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a read more

The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.

by O. J. Simpson Found in: Losing Quotes,
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