Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.

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.

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.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.

Whoever said, "It's not whether you win or lose that counts," probably lost.

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

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.

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