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Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
Victory has a hundred fathers but defeat is an orphan.
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.
Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true read more
Every human being must find his own way to cope with severe loss, and the only job of a true friend is to facilitate whatever method he chooses
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.
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.
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.
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
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 an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.