Inspirational Quotations

Inspirational Quotations on Losers

I hate to lose more than I love to win.
Jimmy Connors (b.1952) American Tennis Player

Lose an hour in the morning, and you will spend all day looking for it.
Richard Whately (1787–1863) English Philosopher, Theologian

No wise person should make known the loss of fortune, any malpractice in their house, his being cheated, or having been disgraced.
The Hitopadesha Indian Collection of Fables

No one knows what to say in the loser’s locker room.
Muhammad Ali (1942–2016) American Sportsperson

One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
Samuel Butler

Nobody ever chooses the already unfortunate as objects of his loyal friendship.
F. L. Lucas (1894–1967) English Literary Critic, Poet, Novelist, Playwright

The cheerful loser is the winner.
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American Writer, Publisher, Artist, Philosopher

We have fought this fight as long, and as well as we know how. We have been defeated. For us as a Christian people, there is now but one course to pursue. We must accept the situation.
Robert E. Lee (1807–70) Confederate General during American Civil War

There may be as much nobility in being last as in being first, because the two positions are equally necessary in the world, the one to complement the other.
Jose Ortega y. Gasset (1883–1955) Spanish Critic, Journalist, Philosopher

Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.
Paul Newman (1925–2008) American Actor, Philanthropist

Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
Baltasar Gracian (1601–58) Spanish Scholar, Prose Writer

We are not interested in the possibilities of defeat; they do not exist.
Queen Victoria (1819–1901) British Royal

Nothing 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.
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American Humorist

It is defeat that turns bone to flint, and gristle to muscle, and makes men invincible, and formed those heroic natures that are now in ascendency in the world.—Do not then be afraid of defeat.—You are never so near to victory as when defeated in a good cause.
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer

Never 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?
Epictetus (55–135) Ancient Greek Philosopher

When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
German Proverb

Have 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.
Walt Whitman (1819–92) American Poet, Essayist, Journalist, American, Poet, Essayist, Journalist

Wise men ne’er sit and wail their loss, but cheerily seek how to redress their harms.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright

Take care to sell your horse before he dies. The art of life is passing losses on.
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American Poet

The first proof of a person’s incapacity to achieve, is their endeavoring to fix the stigma of failure on others.
Benjamin Haydon (1786–1846) English Painter, Writer

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–81) Russian Novelist, Essayist, Writer

Loss is nothing else but change, and change is Nature’s delight.
Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Rome, Stoic Philosopher

You’re never a loser until you quit trying.
Mike Ditka (b.1939) American Sportsperson

When you lose a couple of times, it makes you realize how difficult it is to win.
Steffi Graf (b.1969) German Tennis Player, Philanthropist

What makes us so bitter against people who outwit us is that they think themselves cleverer than we are.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer

If a man falls once, all will tread upon him.
Thomas Fuller (1608–61) English Cleric, Historian

Losing a game is heartbreaking. Losing your sense of excellence or worth is a tragedy.
Joe Paterno (1926–2012) American Sportsperson

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