The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The even mead, that erst brought sweetly forth The freckled cowslip, burnet, and green clover, Wanting the scythe, all uncorrected, rank, Conceives by idleness, and nothing teems But hateful docks, rough thistles, kecksies, burrs, Losing both beauty and utility.
I postpone death by living, by suffering, by error, by risking, by living, by losing.
The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.
The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence.
Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper. -Robert Frost.
Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.
Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to deter a man from so vain a pursuit.
Steed threatens steed, in high and boastful neighs Piercing the night's dull ear; and from the tents The armorers accomplishing the knights, With busy hammers closing rivets up, Give dreadful note of preparation.
Enjoy the journey, enjoy ever moment, and quit worrying about winning and losing.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
If you are losing your leisure, look out, you may be losing your soul.
The closing years of life are like a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
It is only by closing the ears of the soul, or by listening too intently to the clamors of the sense, that we become oblivious of their utterances.
You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence.
Losing doesn't eat at me the way it used to. I just get ready for the next play, the next game, the next season.
The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Sometimes by losing a battle you find a new way to win the war.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
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.
Why love if losing hurts so much⦠I have no answers anymoreâ¦only the life I have lived⦠The pain now is part of the happiness (then).