The problem with learning the truth about things is that you lose the confidence that comes from being dumb.
Who "wins" and who "loses" depends on when you measure it.
When a man loses his vision of the future he dies.
Having nothing, nothing can he lose.
If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.
Lend only what you can afford to lose.
It's impossible to lose your footing when you're on your knees.
I loved but once, yet twice I lose my love!
FAITH receives more than it asks. DOUBT loses more than it disbelieved.
Heads I win, tails I don’t lose much.
People who take risks are the people you'll lose against.
From this point on, she whispered, we will either find or lose our souls.
Every citizen who stops smoking, or loses a few pounds, or starts managing his chronic disease with real diligence, is caulking a crack for the benefit of us all.
If anyone spends almost the whole day in reading. . . he gradually loses the capacity for thinking. . . This is the case with many learned persons; they have read themselves stupid
it always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.
A writer with her work needs to be like a dog with a bone all the time. She needs to know where she's hidden it. Where she's stored the good stuff. She needs to keep gnawing at it, even after all the meat seems to be gone. When a student of mine says (okay, whines) that she's impatient, or tired, or the worst: isn't it good enough? this may be harsh, but she loses just a little bit of my respect. Because there is no room for impatience, or exhaustion, or self-satisfaction, or laziness. All of these really mean, simply, that the inner censor has won the day.
You Can't Lose Something You Never Had
There is no peace, I'm sorry to say. We find it. We lose it. We find it again. We lose it again.
Prepare to win, or lose to someone who is.
You lose your immortality when you lose your memory.