Loss Quotes

I grieve for every death.'It breaks my heart to think about a family weeping over the loss of a loved one. I understand the anguish that some feel about the death that takes place.

Writers of novels and romance in general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.

There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.

In the loss of an object we do not proportion our grief to the real value it bears, but to the value our fancies set upon it.

In some ways, my gift for music and writing was born out of tragedy, really, and loss.

the women are never at a loss, God provides for them, let us run.

There's nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.

The violence of war is random. It does not make sense. And many of those who struggle with loss also struggle with the knowledge that the loss was futile and unnecessary.

You've got to be careful smoking weed. It causes memory loss. And also, it causes memory loss.

During World War II, the pilot losses were staggering. In some bombing raids, as many as 80% of the planes that left did not return.

What I hate is the loss of anonymity.

Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without the despair of loss, there is no hope.

And wonder, dread and war have lingered in that land where loss and love in turn have held the upper hand.

I get heartbroken flying into L.A. It's just this feeling of unspecific loss. Can you imagine what the San Fernando Valley was when it was all wheat fields? Can you imagine what John Steinbeck saw?

I put down these memorandums of my affections in honor of tenderness, in honor of all of those who have been conscripted into the brotherhood of loss.

O Conscience, into what abyss of fears And horrors hast thou driven me, out of which I find no way, from deep to deeper plunged.

In our modern world today, we may seem like drowning men because of the loss of much of our spiritual tradition.

It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.

The ears were made, not for such trivial uses as men are wont to suppose, but to hear celestial sounds.

Overweight and obesity is the second leading cause of death, killing 300,000 people a year, There is not a miracle pill that will lead to weight loss.

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

When we are in health, all sounds fife and drum for us; we hear the notes of music in the air, or catch its echoes dying away when we awake in the dawn.

To me, there was no better drummer than Jeff Porcaro. His musicianship and kindness to me will never be forgotten. Our loss is heaven's gain

The loss of wealth is loss of dirt, As sages in all times assert; The happy man's without a shirt.

Businessmen are notable for a peculiarly stalwart character, which enables them to enjoy without loss of self-reliance the benefits of tariffs, franchises, and even outright government subsidies.

We have to live with it, sometimes these coincidences do happen. They are obviously huge losses but we will just have to get on as we are.

If you talk to any of my Democratic colleagues who lost that year, they would tell that gun control was one of the major contributory factors in the loss of their seats.

The hastening of any undertaking begets error, from which great losses are wont to come.

I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain.

They are sick that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing.

In language that's lyrical and haunting, Cheryl Strayed writes about bliss and loss, about the kind of grace that startles and transforms us in ordinary moments.

You know what the secret to weight loss is? Don't eat much.

Success is a staircase, not a doorway.

The death of a friend is equivalent to the loss of a limb.

Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

Do thou smile like the rose at loss and gain; For the rose, though its petals be torn asunder, Still smiles on, and it is never cast down.

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss.

The diversity of our cultures is Europe's greatest asset. We have to preserve this asset. And any political intervention that reduces this diversity is a loss to Europe.

When weight loss becomes a goal in your life, eating right and exercising are just two pieces of the puzzle. Figuring out why you've put on the extra weight is the hardest part.

The joy of winning is not as dramatic as the losses were, because I expected us to win

We ought to assure the public that we'll have a full and complete and transparent investigation whenever there's a loss of life because of police action.

If there is excitement in their lives, it is contained in the figures on the profit and loss sheet. What an indictment.

Now those memories come back to haunt me they haunt me like a curse.

What's the ultimate price I'll pay if I don't stop this indulgence now? By asking questions like this, they'll associate pain to overeating, and their behavior will change immediately.

I think this lack of a center has something to do with the loss of certainties that Christianity had to offer

The gamester, if he die a martyr to his profession, is doubly ruined. He adds his soul to every other loss, and by the act of suicide, renounces earth to forfeit Heaven.

I think I felt God's love the deepest when I experienced my deepest loss. Amazing how God does that!

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

You might be a redneck if...the most serious loss from the earthquake was your Conway Twitty record collection.