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

Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.

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.

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

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.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.

The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief -But the pain of griefIs only a read more

The risk of love is loss, and the price of loss is grief -But the pain of griefIs only a shadowWhen compared with the painOf never risking love.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.