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The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.
Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.
Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or read more
I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
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
