Best Losing Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“When I was a teenager, my dad used to put a lot of pressure on me to be successful, and I'd really beat myself up about things like losing martial arts competitions.”

Art Used Successful Dad Losing Beats Pressure Competition My Dad Teenager Being Successful Martial Arts

Author:Dolph Lundgren

“I cannot solve the problem of life by losing myself in the problem of art.”

Art Problem Losing Solve Losing Myself

Book:The Letters from Tina Modotti to Edward Weston

Source: The Letters from Tina Modotti to Edward Weston

“Because of their low earnings and family obligations, Latinas would not be putting much money into private investment accounts. An average Latina could wind up losing thousands of dollars under this proposal.”

Wind Losing Lows Accounts Dollars Investment Average Obligation Earning Proposal Latina

Author:Grace Napolitano

“My school spirit is at an all time low, I'm losing my status at the school.”

School Spirit Education Losing Lows All Time All Time Low

Author:Frank Zappa

“Managing can be more discouraging than playing, especially when you're losing because when you're a player, there are at least individual goals you can shoot for. When you're a manager all the worries of the team become your worries.”

Individual Goal Worry Player Team Losing Managers Discouraging Individual Goals

Author:Al Lopez

“The importance of heart health became very real for me when my father died of heart disease seven years ago. Having experienced the loss first hand, I am inspired to do everything I can to break the cycle and prevent families from losing loved ones to this preventable disease.”

“We are losing our environment so rapidly.”

Environment Losing Our Environment

Author:Stefanie Powers

“I was kind of like the Rhea Perlman of the bar. I was like Carla on “Cheers.” People were more afraid of me. There was a point where I got a little surly. There were only so many chicken wings I could serve before losing the smile on my face.”

People Kind Littles Faces Losing Wings Bars Chickens Cheer Smile On My Face Surly Chicken Wings

Author:Melissa Rauch

“I am the largest market shareholder of clothing in the UK and I am not a destination shop for food. If the clothing market is affected - and it has been - and I hold my market share mathematically, then fine, I am doing no worse than the market is doing, which is exactly the case, but I'm losing revenue.”

Ifs Has Beens Cases Share Fine Losing Shops Destination Affected Clothings Revenue Shareholders

Author:Stuart Rose

“Of course, losing my father was traumatic. I was an only child. But from the time my father died, my general theme in life has been to turn adversity into opportunity.”

Children Has Beens Turns Courses Father Opportunity Losing Died Adversity Theme Only Child Father Died My Father Died

Author:Thomas G. Stemberg

“One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse.”

People Together Social Modern Losing Happenings Destructive Nightmare Collapse Modern Society

Author:Alexander McCall Smith

“At a time when the Post Office is losing substantial revenue from the instantaneous flow of information by email and on the Internet, slowing mail service is a recipe for disaster.”

Information Internet Office Losing Flow Disaster Posts Mail Recipes Email Revenue Slowing Post Office Instantaneous Mail Service

Author:Bernie Sanders

“In the last few years, losing my father, going through a divorce and not getting some jobs I really wanted, is making me a much more interesting person, I think. This all really does feel like a rebirth, a new chapter.”

Thinking Feels Years Persons Doe Wanted Jobs Lasts Father Interesting Losing Divorce Chapters Rebirth Going Through Divorce

Author:John Stamos

“Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields.”

People America Clear Fields Losing Fortune Seeking Germany Contribution Continents Agriculture

Author:Julius Streicher

“He should release the tax returns tomorrow. It's crazy. You've got to release six, eight, ten years back tax returns. Take the hit for a day or two. He has to give a big speech in defense of capitalism, and that will elevate, I think, this race above this tactical back and forth, which I do think he's on the margin of losing.”

Thinking Giving Should Years Two Bigs Race Crazy Return Tomorrow Republican Ten Taxes Speech Six Losing Capitalism Eight Defense Release Back And Forth Margins Tactical Tax Returns

Author:William Kristol

“Mitt Romney's losing at this point in a big way. If something's going to come out, get it out in a hurry. I do not know why - given that Mr. Romney knew the day that [Sen. John] McCain lost in 2008 that he was going to run for president again - that he didn't get all of this out and tidy up some of his offshore accounts and all the rest.”

Ifs Knows Way Bigs Running Lost Given President Republican Losing Accounts Romney Mccain Tidy Offshore

Author:George Will

“Perfecting and selling your writing is a lifelong task. If you are a persistent writer, you can expect your abilities to improve with time. Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.”

Ifs Writing Ability Losing Tasks Selling Enthusiasm Persistent Lifelong

Author:Winston Churchill

“We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential.”

Beautiful Joy Computer Intellectual Losing Track Computer Science Revive Vastness

Author:Jaron Lanier

“But when I'm losing a few matches, suddenly 'It's his fault', 'He doesn't want to practice', 'He doesn't need it', 'He doesn't care'. And when everything goes well, there are people coming behind the stone, saying, 'Oh, my God, he's back finally, and I was there to help him out'.”

People Want Needs Wells Helping Care Behinds Practice Losing Stones Faults He Doesn't Care

Author:Marat Safin

“Whenever I am losing, it's like, 'It's his fault'. And whenever I'm winning it's like, 'That's us'. That's the team, the people.”

People Winning Team Losing Faults

Author:Marat Safin

“I was very competitive. I hated losing. No matter what, I had to win.”

Matter Winning Losing No Matter What Hated

Author:Marat Safin

“Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.”

Knows Feels Years Mind Grief Vision Worst Dad Periods Losing Seven My Dad Eight Worst Things Old You Losing Him

Author:Richie Sambora

“It's really sad for me that in the United States the Latino community is losing its culture and language, especially among kids born here - a lot of them can't even speak our language.”

States Kids Culture Speak Language Born Community United United States Losing Latino Really Sad Culture And Language

Author:Romeo Santos

“The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields.”

Reason Courses Danger Fields Losing Threat University Visible Online Professors Monopoly

Author:Don Tapscott

“I remember going to Bob Preston's dressing room because I was losing a laugh - as you do in a long run. He said, 'Give me the script. That's where you're going off the road.' That's comedy. It's never the line itself; it's in the foundation.”

Giving Long Said Running Remember Lines Rooms Laughing Comedy Losing Give Me Foundation Scripts Bob Long Runs Dressings Dressing Rooms

Author:Jeffrey Tambor

“I think I started realizing I was losing my hair when I was in Illinois. And it was traumatic. It was not something I had figured on in my life.”

Thinking Realizing Hair Losing Illinois

Author:Stephen Tobolowsky

“I love winning. I don't like losing.”

Winning Losing Love Winning

Author:Caroline Wozniacki

“Lost' holds a very special place in people's hearts and I wouldn't presume to say that 'FlashForward' will replace 'Lost.' I think it provides a lot of the same adrenaline and fascination and entertainment. It will help ease the pain of losing 'Lost!' I think it will appeal to the very same audience.”

People Thinking Heart Helping Pain Lost Audience Special Losing Entertainment Appeals Ease Fascination Adrenaline Special Places

Author:Sonya Walger

“I don't think that when Zionism began there was a claim that we were losing - even in part - our capacity to contribute to other peoples.”

Thinking Losing Capacity Claims Zionism

Author:A. B. Yehoshua

“Even the lucky ones, who do manage to become happy by attaining their goals, live each day in fear of losing whatever it is they may have gained.”

Inspirational May Goal Buddhism Lucky Losing Manage Each Day Live Each Day

Book:Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

Source: Surfing the Himalayas: conversations and travels with Master Fwap

“There's no difference between winning and losing. They are the same type of experience. Winning and losing are sensorial, affixed to an ego, blocked in time and space and none of them ultimately make you happy very long”

Inspirational Long Winning Differences Space Buddhism Type Ego Losing Time And Space Make You Happy Blocked Winning And Losing

Author:Frederick Lenz

“No one grows old by living - only by losing interest in living.”

Life Inspirational Grows Interest Losing Aging Live Life Losing Interest

Book:How to conquer your handicaps

Source: How to conquer your handicaps

“He felt a little lost, after that experience. Lost as the girls on their knees. It was a never-ending story of young girls losing themselves, such that they were no longer humans with any souls or characters, but pretty girls with fat asses and nice tits.”

Humans Littles Soul Character Stories Young Girl Lost Felt Nice Losing Reflection Fats Ass Knees Never Ending Pretty Girl Never Ending Story

Author:Jess C Scott

“The faithful man perceives nothing less than opportunity in difficulties. Flowing through his spine, faith and courage work together: Such a man does not fear losing his life, thus he will risk losing it at times in order to empower it. By this he actually values his life more than the man who fears losing his life. It is much like leaping from a window in order to avoid a fire yet in that most crucial moment knowing that God will appear to catch you.”

Source: Killosophy

“It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid to love and to be loved because love tends to strip bare all emotional barricades. Without love, strength and independence are prone to losing every bit of their worth; they become nothing more than a fearful, intimidated, empty tent lost somewhere in the desert of self.”

Source: Killosophy

“I was in the gym five days a week, two hours a day. At one point, I was going seven days straight. I had put on a lot of weight, and then I started losing it drastically, so I was worried. It turned out I was overworking myself. My trainer told me that I couldn't break a sweat, because I was burning more calories than I was putting on.”

Two Hours Break Five Week Losing Weight Seven Burning Worried Gym Sweat Trainers Calories Seven Days

Author:Taylor Lautner

“Fiction becomes a place where I face certain fears such as losing language or losing my children.”

Children Faces Certain Language Fiction Losing My Children

Author:Ben Marcus

“There's nothing worse than people who want to make you feel better when you are losing. I just want to smack them.”

People Want Feels Losing Feel Better Smack

Author:Kate Mara

“With something like cancer, there is a feeling that you can fight it in some way or control your response to it, but with dementia there is the fear of losing control of your mind and your life.”

Way Mind Feelings Fighting Losing Response Cancer Dementia Losing Control

Author:Kevin Whately

“This is what I want: I want to grab my brother’s hand and run back through time, losing years like coats falling from our shoulders.”

Want Years Hands Running Fall Brother Losing Shoulders My Brother Coats Rough Times

Book:I'll Give You the Sun

Source: I'll Give You the Sun

“I'm done losing weight, I feel great, and I love looking like a woman. I love being curvy and having boobs and hips. It's hot. I don't ever want to be size zero.”

Want Feels Done Love Is Losing Weight Hot Size Hips Zero Curvy Size Zero

Author:Sara Rue

“There's something about losing friends, particularly young people, where it's not something that you get over. I don't believe there's a healing process.”

People Believe Young Process Healing Losing Don't Believe Get Over Healing Process Losing Friends

Author:Chris Cornell

“I have a disturbing problem with losing things. My vulnerability to loss-distress could properly be labeled not only inordinate, but neurotic.”

Problem Loss Losing Vulnerability Distress Disturbing Neurotic Disturbing Things Losing Things

Book:Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

Source: Talk Show: Confrontations, Pointed Commentary, and Off-Screen Secrets

“To Dare is to risk losing your foothold for a moment, Not to Dare is to risk losing yourself.”

Moments Risk Losing Dare Losing Yourself

Author:Soren Kierkegaard

“We must protect ourselves from jihadis without losing ourselves.”

Protect Losing Losing Ourselves

Author:Rand Paul

“I feel good doing it. It's not like guys are stripping me at half-court or I'm just losing the ball dribbling. I think I'm handling the ball pretty well, just trying to make good passes, man.”

Thinking Men Feels Trying Wells Guy Half Losing Balls Court Feel Good I Feel Good Stripping

Author:Kevin Durant

“Challenges exist to be overcome! Let us be realists, but without losing our joy, our boldness and our hope-filled commitment. Let us not allow ourselves to be robbed of missionary vigour!”

Joy Challenges Losing Commitment Overcoming Filled Missionary Boldness Realist

Book:The Joy of the Gospel

Source: The Joy of the Gospel

“In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather than one that may compromise it.”

Way May Important Loses Losing Weight Good Things Compromise Overweight Lose Weight

Author:Dean Ornish

“We are all the subjects of impressions, and some of use seek to convey the impressions to others. In the art of communicating impressions lies the power of generalizing without losing that logical connection of parts to the whole which satisfies the mind.”

Mind Art Whole Use Lying Subjects Losing Connections Communicate Impression Logical

Author:Camille Pissarro

“Sometimes, you don't have to win, you cannot win. but that has nothing to do with losing.”

Sometimes Winning Losing Jiu Jitsu

Author:Rickson Gracie

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