Loss Quotes

A wise man loses nothing, if he but save himself.

But we are all sorry when loss comes for us. The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have dried.

It's important for us not to lose sight of the fact that this is a family that's grieving and there's been a tremendous loss. And we all have to rally around that piece of it.

Sometimes in a defeat, you can set the stage for future victory. I wanted them to feel good about what they had accomplished. Not to like losing, but to like the success that they had.

Cheryl Strayed reminds us, in her lyrical and courageous memoir Wild, of what it means to be fully alive, even in the face of catastrophe, physical and psychic hardship, and loss.

Our fiscal ruin and resulting loss of world leadership will, in their [liberals'] eyes, be not a tragic event but a desirable one.

There's no question raising the minimum wage excessively causes a loss of jobs.

The once-unthinkable loss of the AAA rating will constitute a further hit to already fragile business and consumer confidence.

This loss has left me truly heartbroken. Robin Williams was one of the brightest, most loving & wonderful people I've ever been blessed to know. I'll miss him more than I can ever express in words.

it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.

No man can afford to express, through words or acts, that which is not in harmony with his own beliefs, and if he does so, he must pay by the loss of his ability to influence others.

India has been at the greatest loss because governments were run only for elections.

We lose things all the time. We lose ourselves every day. We lose our minds occasionally. But it's just a part of life, loss.

What was more brutal than loss of hope?

If you fall off track and scarf down an unhealthy meal, that's fine. Eat better the next meal-not the next day.

There's a tremendous amount of language loss. Most of the attention is given to indigenous languages, which makes sense, but some of the most dramatic language loss is in Europe.

Change was as much about loss as gain, about giving something up even as you reached for something new or different. The world was opening up, not closing in.

The tragedy of loss is not that we grieve, but that we cease to grieve, and then perhaps the dead are dead at last.

Imagine a weight-loss program at the end of which, instead of better health, good looks, and hot romantic prospects, you die. Somalia had become just this kind of spa.

This country is so urbanized we think low-fat milk comes from cows on Nutri/System weight-loss plans.

Frank went out for baseball and while he wasn't very good, it wasn't a total loss. The coach used him as a pattern to drawn the on-deck circle.

The loss of a sexual life is one of the worst things about getting really old. The worst thing.

Loss teaches you to figure things out as they come along.

I don't think anything can prepare you for one's losses.

I've lost lots of men in my life, besides my mother, which is a whole different loss.

I got over the loss of his desk and chair, but never the desire to produce a string of words more precious than the emeralds of Cortés.

I take losses very personal and very serious.

I realized that this story [Shelter] is all about family, family loss, and how it influences you day to day life.

The loss of innocent life is a tragedy for anyone involved in it, but the numbers are really very low.

I talk about things like how to lose without losing identity. All loss and grief feels like when you transition.

I've never lost a grown-up child, but I have known loss.

We think of death and loss as tragic twins, but in fact it is loss that hurts us.

The future is flying home. That's the immediate future. But long-distance future, I plan on being back. I'm not going to end my time here with that loss.

There will be losing years; but if the art of making money is not to lose it, then there should not be substantial losses.

This is the rollcall of evolution happening in the space of a few generations, the greatest loss of living things that make up our biodiversity since the disappearance of the dinosaurs.

Alack our life, so beautiful to see, With how much ease life losest, in a day, What many years with pain and toil amassed!

You just hear this constant whining, complaining about a loss of competitiveness, America in decline

The European nations' loss of sovereignty to the EU should be a warning to Americans.

You can see exile as loss, and then it will be a loss for you. You can treat it as opportunity and then all kinds of benefits accrue.

We only appreciate the comforts of life in their loss.

A loss, of which we are ignorant, is no loss.

That should be regarded as a loss, which is won at the expense of our reputation.

An evil gain equals a loss.

Gain cannot be made without some other person's loss.

Lately we have had many losses.

I have experienced loss in my life, but the thing that brings you back is your faith.

The codfish is a staple food For which I'm seldom in the mood. This fish is such an utter loss That people eat it with egg sauce.

Grief,she reminded herself, is almost always for the mourner's loss.

A man seems never to know what anything means till he has lost it; and this I suppose is the reason why losses--vanishing away of things--are among the teachings of this world of shadows.

Trivial losses often prove great gains.