Quotes about Loss
Must I thus leave thee, Paradise?-thus leave Thee, native soil, these happy walks and shades?
— John Milton
When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost.
— Billy Graham
One loses everything when one loses one's sense of humor.
— Ayn Rand
I actually wrestled in high school. I was only in one match, and I lost... my virginity.
— Bo Burnham
When the past dies, there is mourning, but when the future dies our imaginations are compelled to carry it on.
— Gloria Steinem
God never said that we wouldn't have unfair situations, that we wouldn't experience loss. But He promised if we would stay in faith, He would restore everything that was stolen.
— Joel Osteen
The acknowledgment of our weakness is the first step in repairing our loss.
— Thomas a Kempis
Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.
— St. Basil
Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.
— Steve Jobs
John, who was transformed into a passionate lover of God, had lost everything he knew in order to come into that which he did not yet know. Oh, the cost of authentic discipleship!
— James Goll
Memories are beautiful things, Boy. When the person that ya loved is gone, when the happy time is over, then ya've still got yer memories. Thank God fer this special gift of His that lets ya sorta live yer experiences again and again. S'pose there ain't no price one would settle on fer the worth of memories.
— Janette Oke
In every heart there should be one grief that is like a well in the desert.
— Edith Wharton