Loss Quotes

First you fuel the desire, then the desire will fuel you.

There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason.

We are all meaning-seeking, meaning creating creatures and when we experience the loss of meaning, we suffer.

He who blinded by ambition, raises himself to a position whence he cannot mount higher, must thereafter fall with the greatest loss.

If you are black, the only roads into the mainland of American life are through subservience, cowardice, and loss of manhood. These are the white man's roads.

I have gained and lost the same 10 pounds so many times over and over again my cellulite must have deja vu!

When you see tears in my eyes, you see it's not about the wins or the losses, It's about the opportunity.

We all have an old knot in the heart we wish to untie.

Men sooner forget the death of their father than the loss of their patrimony

You learn more from your losses, than from your gains.

The notion is called wabi-sabi life, like the cherry blossom, it is beautiful because of its impermanence, not in spite of it, more exquisite for the inevitability of loss.

In making war with nature, there was risk of loss in winning.

Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment.

MY REGRETS ARE ABOUT THE PEOPLE I COULDN’T SAVE—Marines, soldiers, my buddies. I still feel their loss. I still ache for my failure to protect them.

The markets are unforgiving, and emotional trading always results in losses.

Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.

That loss was to breed an independence, a toughness of spirit, and an awareness of adversity and discipline that have never left me,.

I guess you don't really own a dog, you rent them, and you have to be thankful that you had a long lease.

When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

The first rule is not to lose. The second rule is not to forget the first rule.

To say there had been a loss was ludicrous; one lost a shoe or a set of keys. You did not suffer the death of a child and say there was a loss. There was a catastrophe. A devastation. A hell.

Amateurs go broke taking large losses, professionals go broke taking small profits.

No one's ever completely broken. It's just a matter of how much has to fall apart before the ember of life is exposed to air.

A loss never bothers me after I take it. I forget it overnight. But being wrong - not taking the loss - that is what does damage to the pocketbook and to the soul.

For both optimal health and weight loss, you must consume a diet with a high nutrient-per-calorie ratiothere are no shortcuts.

Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone's gift - yours and mine.

To forgive is to abandon your right to pay back the predator in his own coin, but it is the loss that Liberates.

We have the power, knowledge, and equipment to build a world beyond our wonder. Only loss of nerve can defeat us.

Fly me up to where you are beyond the distant star. I wish upon tonight to see you smile, if only for a while to know you're there. A breath away's not far to where you are.

It is not about bits, bytes and protocols, but profits, losses and margins.

The politics around trade has always been tough, particularly in the Democratic party, because people have memories of outsourcing and job loss.

A wrong decision isn't forever; it can always be reversed. The losses from a delayed decision are forever; they can never be retrieved.

Empathy feels these thoughts; your hurt is in my heart, your loss is in my prayers, your sorrow is in my soul, and your tears are in my eyes.

The birth and rebirth of all nature, / The passing of winter and spring, / We share with the life universal, / Rejoice in the magical ring.

Whenever we take away the liberties of those whom we hate we are opening the way to loss of liberty for those we love.

No day in which you learn something is a complete loss.

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public.

It is the duty of the long-term investor to endure great losses with equanimity.

A person who hasn't grieved a significant loss has unfinished business inside and can cause others great grief as a result.

The loss of reason seems to me honorable, like the death of a sentry at his post.

We make art out of our loss.

When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.

Our lives are shaped as much by those who leave us as they are by those who stay. Loss is our legacy. Insight is our gift. Memory is our guide

The loss of liberty to a generous mind is worse than death.

There is no grief like the grief that does not speak.

Hope of ill gain is the beginning of loss.

Ten years, she's dead, and I still find myself some mornings reaching for the phone to call her. She could no more be gone than gravity or the moon.

Our losses... have reached and intolerable level.

Loss means losing what was. We want to change but we don't want to lose. Without time for loss, we don't have time for soul.

There is no "slippery slope" toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.