Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change.

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Losing Quotes, Winning Quotes

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes...

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

Life is short, but there is always time enough for courtesy.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behaviour, like the wish to scatter...

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

Night hovers all day in the boughs of the fir tree.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

There is creative reading as well as creative writing.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

People with great gifts are easy to find, but symmetrical and balanced ones never.

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

There are no days in life so memorable as those which vibrated to some stroke...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes...

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

A true friend is somebody who can make us do what we can.

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to...

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

The highest revelation is that God is in every man.

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Great hearts steadily send forth the secret forces that incessantly draw great events.

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

Friendship should be surrounded with ceremonies and respects, and not crushed into corners. Friendship requires...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

This gives force to the strong -- that the multitude have no habit of self-reliance...

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

We aim above the mark to hit the mark.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel...