Do you want to lose your money, your marbles or some weight? Here are some proverbs and quotes about losing and lost.
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Advances in medicine and agriculture have saved vastly more lives than have been lost in all the wars in history.Carl Sagan
All that is gold does not glitter,J.R.R. Tolkien
Not all those who wander are lost.
Source: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
Quoted: Bilbo
Always look at what you have left. Never look at what you have lost.Robert H. Schuller
Anytime I feel lost, I pull out a map and stare. I stare until I have reminded myself that life is a giant adventure, so much to do, to see.Angelina Jolie
Because without our language, we have lost ourselves. Who are we without our words?Melina Marchetta
Better lose the saddle than the horse.
Database: the information you lose when your memory crashes.Dave Barry
Easy come, easy go.When you get something easily, you may also lose it easily.
He is a lost soul.He seems unable to cope with everyday life.
He who hesitates is lost.If you delay your decisions, you may miss good opportunities.
I didn't lose my memory. I forgot it.Minkukel
I hate to lose more than I like to win.Jimmy Connors
I know what I have to do if I want to lose weight and stay healthy: eat a proper diet and exercise. All I've got to do is apply it.John Candy
I put my heart and my soul into my work, and have lost my mind in the process.Vincent van Gogh
I was born lost and take no pleasure in being found.John Steinbeck
I'm in competition with myself and I'm losing.Roger Waters
I'm not allowed a smartphone of my own because I would lose it.Bill Bryson
Source: The Road to Little Dribbling: Adventures of an American in Britain
If you can't win, you have to make sure you don't lose.Johan Cruijff
If you've had a good time playing the game, you're a winner even if you lose.Malcolm Forbes
It always hurts more to have and lose than to not have in the first place.Khaled Hosseini
Source: The Kite Runner
It feels good to be lost in the right direction.(unknown author)
Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind.Mick Jagger
Lose your dreams and you will lose your mind.The Rolling Stones
Source: Ruby Tuesday lyrics
Losers weepers, finders keepers.
Losing is part of the game. If you never lose, you are never truly tested, and never forced to grow.David Sirlin
Many seek good nights and lose good days.
Pick up a sesame seed only to lose a watermelon.
Poetry is a sliver of the moon lost in the belly of a golden frog.Carl Sandburg
Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life.Brooke Shields
Smoking kills. If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.Brooke Shields
Sport and life is about losing. It's about understanding how to lose.Lynn Davies
The civilized man has built a coach, but has lost the use of his feet.Ralph Waldo Emerson
The place where you lose the trail is not necessarily the place where it ends.Tom Brown, Jr.
The quickest way to end a war is to lose it.George Orwell
The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage.Mark Russell
The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.Agnes Repplier
The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost. For none now live who remember it.J.R.R. Tolkien
Source: Movie: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
When you win, say nothing, when you lose, say less.Paul Brown
Win if you can, lose if you must, but never quit!Cameron Trammell
You don’t know who is important to you until you actually lose them.Mahatma Gandhi
You must lose a fly to catch a trout.
