We lost because we told ourselves we lost

Quote by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy

Topics: Losing Quotes

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and...

I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of...

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

Let us forgive each other - only then will we live in peace

If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then...

If it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

And all people live, not by reason of any care they have for themselves, but...

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Vengeance is mine, and I will repay.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

Children love and want to be loved and they very much prefer the joy of...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make...

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us.

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

The vocation of every man and woman is to serve other people.

If you want to be happy, be

If you want to be happy, be

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

The sole meaning of life is to serve humanity.

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

The means to gain happiness is to throw out from oneself like a spider in...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

Christianity, with its doctrine of humility, of forgiveness, of love, is incompatible with the state,...

God will forgive me. It's his job.

God will forgive me. It's his job.

I went sky divin', I went rocky mountain climbin', I went 2.7 seconds on a...

I went sky divin', I went rocky mountain climbin', I went 2.7 seconds on a...

I'm a good enough person to forgive you, but not stupid enough to trust you...

I'm a good enough person to forgive you, but not stupid enough to trust you...

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the...

Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in the...

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty

Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty