Lose
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Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose.
If we lose love and self respect for each other, this is how we finally die.
The great thing about getting older is that you don't lose all the other ages you've been.
We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.
The word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
Don't gain the world and lose your soul; wisdom is better than silver or gold.
Don't grieve. Anything you lose comes round in another form.
To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.
Over time, naturally, you lose your innocence from gaining knowledge. You can't be innocent forever, but there's something in innocence you need to regain to be creative.
I did not lose myself all at once. I rubbed out my face over the years washing away my pain, the same way carvings on stone are worn down by water.
I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing — that it was all started by a mouse.
The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to know every inch of the body of the beloved. No matter where the cinema goes, we cannot afford to lose sight of its beginnings.
I make lists to keep my anxiety level down. If I write down 15 things to be done, I lose that vague, nagging sense that there are an overwhelming number of things to be done, all of which are on the brink of being forgotten.
One reason you should not use web applications to do your computing is that you lose control. It's just as bad as using a proprietary program. Do your own computing on your own computer with your copy of a freedom-respecting program. If you use a proprietary program or somebody else's web server, you're defenceless.
Life is short and the older you get, the more you feel it. Indeed, the shorter it is. People lose their capacity to walk, run, travel, think, and experience life. I realise how important it is to use the time I have.
Sometimes it's worse to win a fight than to lose.