“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”
Variant: You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
Source: Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul
Original: Non trattenere mai ciò che non è amore.
Source: prevale.net
“You never lose by loving, you lose by holding back.”
Variant: You never lose by loving. You always lose by holding back.
Source: Chicken Soup for the Couple's Soul
Source: Love Warps the Mind a Little
“It's not what you are that holds you back, it's what you think you are
not.”
“If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.”
Source: Blue Truth: A Spiritual Guide To Life & Death And Love & Sex
“I never trust people with no appetite. It's like they're always holding something back on you.”
Source: Hardboiled Wonderland and the End of the World (1985), Chapter 35, Nail Clippers, Butter Sauce, Iron Vase
Source: Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
“And the love we hold, and the love we spurn,
Will never grow cold, only taciturn”
Sadie
The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
“So what are you afraid of? What is holding you back? What is it that stands in your way? Do it!”
Power Of The Plus Factor (1987)
“It is very difficult to live among people you love and hold back from offering them advice.”