Losing Quotes - Page 5

There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.

It stands to reason that if we direct all our efforts towards reaching a goal, we stand in grave danger of losing everything on which we have based our daily activities. For when a goal is superimposed on an activity instead of evolving out of it, we often feel cheated when we reach it.

Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you.

The eruption of lived pleasure is such that in losing myself I find myself; forgetting that I exist, I realize myself.

Stop giving energy to the things you don't want.

In every contest, there comes a moment that separates winning from losing. The true warrior understands and seizes that moment.

There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it.

All the trees are losing their leaves, and not one of them is worried.

Don't even mention losing to me. I can't stand to think of it

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

People aren't defined by their relationships. The whole point is being true to yourself and not losing yourself in relationships, whether romances or friendships.

I used to have the craziest fear of losing teeth. I would have nightmares about that all the time. But it's the craziest thing, because I feel like that's one of the easiest things to fix. You just get veneers or something.

I can maintain my sense of the sacredness of existence only by understanding my own limitations and losing my self-importance.

No truth can cure the sorrow we feel from losing a loved one. No truth, no sincerity, no strength, no kindness can cure that sorrow. All we can do is see it through to the end and learn something from it, but what we learn will be no help in facing the next sorrow that comes to us without warning.

By gaining the people, the kingdom is gained; by losing the people, the kingdom is lost.

Poetry is the opening and closing of a door, leaving those who look through to guess about what is seen during the moment.

When we close ourselves off, we're not just closing ourselves off to other people, we're closing ourselves off from ourselves and impeding ourselves. When you open up, you allow yourself to be who you are.

You can't win for losing.

If you're losing, just be a man; be a man and lose as a man.

Any time you risk big you often risk losing big. You can win big but you can also lose big, but you have to be willing to take those risks.

Growing up is losing some illusions, in order to acquire others.

I don't like losing at anything. Why should I?

If you are not trying to hold on to time, you are not so afraid of losing it.

Money can't replace friendship, I'd rather have no money than losing you.

To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.