John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
Malone Dies (1951)
John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor
Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn
“Consciously risk the loss of something before losing it, and you will lose the fear of losing it.”
Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer
1500 Ways to Escape the Human Jungle
“Geologists are never at a loss for paperweights.”
Bill Bryson book A Short History of Nearly Everything
Source: A Short History of Nearly Everything
Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor
Variant: Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.
“There's no great loss without some small gain.”
Laura Ingalls Wilder Little House on the Prairie
Source: Little House on the Prairie (1935), Ch. 25; said by Ma, after Pa lost the corn crop to blackbirds but brought home some of the birds for dinner.
“Victor I will remain
Or on this earth lie slain,
Never shall she sustain
Loss to redeem me.”
Michael Drayton (1563–1631) English poet
Source: To the Cambro-Britons and Their Harp, his Ballad of Agincourt (1627), Lines 37-40.
“The elements of good trading are cutting losses, cutting losses, and cutting losses.”
Ed Seykota (1946) American commodities trader
Source: Jenks, Philip, (Editor) 500 of the Most Witty, Acerbic and Erudite Things Ever Said About Money, Harriman House (December 2002), ISBN 1897597223 Read it here http://books.google.com/books?vid=ISBN1897597223&id=lERXBvyeeQ0C&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27&dq=seykota&sig=K97S8hGKxQmB6w7x79enj9tEGw4
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
1820s, Signs of the Times (1829)