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Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Wise men ne'er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or read more
I don't think you can be a success at anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, read more
Courage is as often the outcome of despair as of hope; in the one case we have nothing to lose, in the other, everything to gain
If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your read more
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.
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the read more
You must never be satisfied with losing. You must get angry, terribly angry, about losing. But the mark of the good loser is that he takes his anger out on himself and not his victorious opponents or on his teammates.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart.
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand read more
Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways
The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a read more
The fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a permanent loser.