Quotes about Loss

So with us; by idle talk, evilspeaking, or neglect of prayer, we may in one day lose the Saviour's presence, and it may take many days of sorrowful search to find Him, and regain the peace that we have lost.

Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away.

As they witnessed in drooping flower and falling leaf the first signs of decay, Adam and his companion mourned more deeply than men now mourn over their dead. The death of the frail, delicate flowers was indeed a cause of sorrow; but when the goodly trees cast off their leaves, the scene brought vividly to mind the stern fact that death is the portion of every living thing.

Only in eternity can we rightly estimate the loss of a single soul.

The world for which you have been so carefully prepared is being taken away from you," he said, "by the grace of God.

Literally a headline destroyed my life and took away everything that I'd ever built.

If you lose Heaven, you lose everything; if you gain Heaven, you gain everything.

If someone has gone through a lot of emotional pain, including the loss of loved ones, that person may try to build a shell around his or her feelings to protect him- or herself from the pain.

You haven't lost anything when you know were it is. Death can hide but not divide.

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve.

When I lost to Michael Watson, I cried. I thought the world was on my shoulders and I broke down. But I came back because I wanted my titles.

I could give all to Time except--except What I myself have held.