Loss Quotes

Grief is so far from retrieving a loss that it makes it greater; but the way to lessen it is by a comparison with others' losses.

Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.

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.

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.

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

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

Knowing when to take your losses is an essential part of eventual success.

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

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

American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.

Why wait for the loss of hearing to appreciate sound? Turn off the white noise of your thoughts and start to listen.

But in practice, if often comes down to not suffering a loss as big as the huge gain you made a while ago.

As you understand the game of football, you understand that it is about wins and losses.

After a lifetime of losing and gaining weight, I get it. No matter how you slice it, weight loss comes down to the simple formula of calories in, calories out.

Men are such dupes by choice, that he who would impose upon others never need be at a loss to find ready victims.

By investing at a discount, Benjamin Graham knew that he was unlikely to experience losses.

Don't focus on the wins and losses... focus your efforts on performing to your full potential.

Another good reducing exercise consists in placing both hands against the table edge and pushing back.

Since grief only aggravates your loss, grieve not for what is past.

There is a certain sense of loss when a series ends.

See, that’s the difference,” Mauvin said. “I suffer a loss and people console me. Royce suffers a loss and whole towns evacuate.

If you have an anecdote from one source, you file it away. If you hear it again, it may be true. Then the more times you hear it the less likely it is to be true.

What's sad about not eating is the experience, whether at a family reunion or at midnight by yourself in a greasy spoon under the L tracks. The loss of dining, not the loss of food.

Folks trying to plan their personal fiscal '15 are at a loss. They can't do a budget because they don't know what their health insurance costs will be.

Eat not to dullness, drink not to elevation.

Your presence in this house is almost as painful and enormous as your absence.

Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain That has been, and may be again.

Transgression of any kind is always accompanied by a loss of self-esteem.

Pause and remember - Every person is going through difficult hardships and growth. Let's be more conscious of this by being more patient, compassionate and understanding.

Impatience turns an ague into a fever, a fever to the plague, fear into despair, anger into rage, loss into madness, and sorrow to amazement.

At a certain age, death becomes familiar to you-or a loss becomes familiar-the tragedies that are more commonplace in life.

Loss alone is but the wounding of a heart; it is memory that makes it our ruin.

Know thyself. Accept thyself. Love thyself. No matter what you have done, where you have been, know, accept, and love who you are.

Society can progress if men's labors show a profit - if they yield more than is put in. To produce at a loss must leave less for all to share.

My fellow Minnesotans join me in mourning the loss of America's 40th President and celebrating the life of a man who personified both the greatness and goodness of America.

We have lost morals, justice, honor, piety and faith, and that sense of shame which, once lost, can never be restored.

The first loss is the best loss.

No evil is without its compensation ... it is not the loss itself, but the estimate of the loss, that troubles us.

Sometimes you must lose everything to gain it again, and the regaining is the sweeter for the pain of loss.

The District of Columbia is one gigantic ear.

Uh, stay fat people - That's my motto. It's no picnic!