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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.
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.
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.
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 most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
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.
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.
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.