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Thomas Fuller quotesIf a man falls once, all will tread upon him.
Walt Whitman quotesHave you heard that it was good to gain the day? I also say it is good to fall, battles are lost in the same spirit in which they are won.
William Shakespeare quotesWise men never sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
Mark Twain quotesNothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size.
François de La Rochefoucauld quotesWhat makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.
Robert Frost quotesTake care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
Samuel Butler quotesOne of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
Epictetus quotesNever in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return?
Henry Ward Beecher quotesDo not be afraid of defeat. You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.