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

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.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

My nightmares are usually about losing you. I'm okay once I realize you're here.

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.

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

If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your read more

If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope.

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true read more

Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses

That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed read more

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.