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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
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed read more
That's what learning is, after all; not whether we lose the game, but how we lose and how we've changed because of it and what we take away from it that we never had before, to apply to other games. Losing, in a curious way, is winning.
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.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
Losing is no disgrace if you've given your best.
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that lost by not trying.
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.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.
The most successful war seldom pays for its losses.