Top 66 Quotes And Sayings You Can't Win Every Time (2023)

You don't look the devil in the eye and walk away with none of his sin. You cannot defeat the devil without becoming like him. You can't appeal to him for kindness, so you have to learn to play his games. You lie, you fuck, you manipulate, you fight, you hurl insults until you do whatever it takes to win the fight. Every time you do these things, you understand it a little more. Until he finally becomes your ally. You think you've won, that you've done it more like you. But the truth is that it is the other way around. That means that even if you win, you have lost. —Nina G Jones

You don't have to win to be a winner. If you give 100 percent, prepare yourself mentally and physically for the game, if you look in the mirror and you can say that you gave it your all to win, that's it, you won't always win. —Herzog Snider

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A fighter's dream is to win a world title and gain financial stability.
But what is happening to me now is the most humiliating experience of mine.
Life. It is a great honor for me to be here and leave the face of my people.
Everyone knows that we are a small but powerful country. I'm very proud of that
all Filipinos living all over the world and are these people
for which I fight every time I get into the ring. —Manny Pacquiao

Always confuse, deceive, and surprise the enemy whenever possible; and if you beat him and dominate him, never stop pursuing him, while your men have strength to follow him; for a defeated army, if hotly pursued, panics and may be destroyed by half its strength. The other rule is: never fight against great odds when, by whatever maneuver you can, you can throw your own force against only one part, and that is the weakest part, of your enemy and destroy it. Such a tactic will always win, and a small army can destroy one so large in detail, and repeated victory will make it invincible. —Stonewall-Jackson

I remember winning the first time, you know, suddenly everyone expects, well now he should win every time he serves, win six tournaments. —Retief Goosen

Every time I started to think about how this could turn out, I started to spin my brain and not go there because I think the surest way to guarantee that you won't win is to assume that you will. —brad vogel

That meant that Daniel was already in love with her when he saw him for the first time in every life. every time. And he always had been. And every time she had to fall in love with him all over again. He could never push or pressure her into loving him. He had to win them back each time. Daniel's love for her was a long, unbroken stream. It was the purest form of love there was, purer even than the love Luce returned. His love flowed without breaking, without stopping. While Luce's love faded with each death, Daniel's grew over time, throughout eternity. How strong does it have to be now? Hundreds of loves stacked on top of each other? It was almost too big for Luce to comprehend. He loved her so much, but in each lifetime he had to wait over and over again for her to reach him. —lauren kate

I sing strange battle songs to myself in the dark to drive away the demons. I'm a fighter when I have to be. And I'm proud of that. I celebrate each of you reading this. I celebrate the fact that you fought your battle and continue to win. I welcome the fact that you may not understand the fight, but pick up the staff dropped by someone you love until you can wield it again. I survived and I remember that every time we go through this we get a little stronger. We learn new tricks on the battlefield. We learn them terribly, but we use them. We do not fight in vain. We won. We live. —Jenny Leyson

Caeden grabbed my hand and smiled like a little kid in a candy store. "Carnival Time!" He stunned me out of the car and then behind him as I walked to a ring toss game. "I think I have to win my girl an award," he said.
I laughed.
"That?" She shrugged her shoulders. “It's like a rite of passage. Every friend has to win an award for his girlfriend." He winked at me, turning my stomach into jelly. —Micalea Schmelzer

Every time I win a tournament I have to think that something is wrong with modern chess. —Viktor Korchnoi

Love can conquer everything except reality. Which will win any damn moment. —JR Ward

dr. Rosenberg has highlighted the simplicity of successful communication. No matter what problem you face, his strategies for communicating with others will allow you to win every time. —Toni Robbins

Ever since I was a kid, I've wanted to win at everything, every day. And time doesn't change a person, it just helps you accept who you are. Even at 41, I still hate to lose.
I am kinder. I am also aware that setbacks have positive aspects; They spark new dreams. —dara torres

I timed the Giants win over the Texans earlier this season. The Giants ran without the ball, Eli Manning rolling away from Watt almost every time and changing the launch point on passes from him. The Cowboys have a roadmap. —and fouts

From my mom and dad, because they've been happily married for a long time: Just listen. Listen to him. I am so independent and driven and opinionated. just let him talk. It's about not being so stubborn and having to win every argument. My parents are a great example. They love and care a lot for each other. —erin andres

Every time you win, the fear decreases a little. You never really eliminate the fear of losing; you keep challenging it. —arturo ashe

I think as you get older you realize there will always be criticism. The critics will always win because they can change their criticism based on the statistics and their own personal feelings. —Aaron Rogers

No one wondered if they had discovered the face of the one true God. Nothing but time, that ever-changing but immutable tyrant against whom no creature could win. To which the trees, the stone and the air had to bow once. There would be one last sunrise, one last sunset, all kneeling in final surrender. Yes, time was indeed God, and it played with the inferior insects the same games it played with the mountains and the fools who carved fortresses in them. At peace with every Libra, reveling in the rapid beating of a rat's heart and the slow sigh of the devouring wind against stone. Pleased with the blooming light of a star and the quick death of a drop of rain on the desert floor. —steven erickson

Every time you win you are reborn; if you lose, you die a little. —Jorge Allen, Sr.

When I started playing Gotham in 2008, I knew my team wanted me to be in my first fight when we faced Queens of Pain, the team that included Suzy Hotrod, Donna Matrix, and many other legendary skaters. I was so nervous that I felt a little dizzy every time I thought about it, even a few weeks before the fight. Finally, I asked myself what skills I needed to compete with and beat Suzy. I decided that I had to be fast, agile and brave. So I started telling myself that I already was. Every time I thought about the fight and started to get nervous, I would repeat those words. I would replay them in my head as I took the line at practice. I said them out loud before going to bed. I was nervous the day of the fight, but not as much as I expected. —Margot Atwell

Because the age itself has become vulgar, and most people have no idea how tainted they themselves are. The bad manners of all parliaments, the general tendency to accept a rather shady deal when it promises to bring money without work, jazz and black dancing as a spiritual outlet in all walks of life, women made up like whores, the efforts of writers, the popularity gained by ridiculing in their novels and plays the propriety of well-bred people, and casting off the bad taste even of the nobility and the old royal families, all kinds of social restraint and traditional custom: all this goes to prove that now it is the vulgar mafia that sets the tone. —Osvaldo Spengler

Your path is not easy, darling. But it could end up being spectacular.” She turned her bright blue eyes on her daughter. "You have to fight for what you want and I know you're going to win. Every damn time."Rebeca Zanetti

If we were to play Augusta National in an hour, the best athlete would win the Masters. But that's how they give us time to hang ourselves. Each swing is a "thought shot." So instead of the best athlete, you get the best thinker as the winner. —joe inman

Dad always said it was easy to lie but hard to trust. Trust is like faith: it can make people believe, but every time it's lost, trust becomes harder and harder to regain. —viktoria schwab

I feel sorry for you," he said slowly. "I don't think you know what it's like to be loved or wanted by anyone. However, you're right; Beth is not human because humans have a soul that they constantly fight to keep in touch with. Every day is a struggle for her to listen. her conscience and do the right thing. If you knew Beth, you would know that she has no soul, she is ALL soul. She is full of it, more than any human being could ever be. You wouldn't know that because emptiness and hate is everything you've ever known. But that won't work out in the end, you'll see."
"You are very conceited for a simple person," replied the demon. —Alexandra Adornetto

I tried to take every little thing and use it to my advantage. People have asked me how it feels to be in the UFC and I haven't thought about it. All that mattered was Alessio Sakara. He had to win this fight. Even now I haven't had time to sit down. Again, this is a must, I must win, I must dominate, fight for myself in my eyes and I won't be happy if things don't turn out like this. —Chris Weimann

But in our time, women are no longer subject to the will of men. On the other hand. They have been given every opportunity to gain their independence, and if after all this time they still have not broken free and taken off their chains, we can only come to one conclusion: there are no chains to take off. —Esther rests

My guys are looking to get me to that level and I take on the challenge every time. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose, but you have to have a man who will take those shots and deal with the consequences. —Chauncey Billups

My goal is to win every time I play. But on the other hand, I also look for a balance of compassion and respect for the other players. I understand that everyone goes through difficult times, mentally or physically, trying to cope with life and living the sport. —Novak Djokovic

My philosophy of life is that the meek will not inherit more than humiliation, frustration and unworthy death; that there is security in personal strength; that you CAN fight City Hall and WIN; that any action is better than no action, even if it is the wrong action; that you will never achieve fame or self-actualization unless you are willing to risk everything, dare everything, risk death every time; and that once one becomes strong or rich or mighty or mighty, it is the responsibility of the strong to help the weak to BE strong. —Harlan Ellison

It is possible at any time during a player's career to be in top form or try to win every game! But you can't teach skills to an old player. Youth coaches need to keep in mind that individual skills need to be nurtured from the start. Players who don't master the basic skills get frustrated because the game becomes too difficult for them as they level up. —claudio rein

Roll rocks down a 10,000 foot mountain and they can't be stopped - that's the mountain, not the rocks. Get people to fight with the courage to win every time and unite the strong and the weak: It's all about momentum, not individuals. —du mu

My favorite definition of success is that it is a state of mind combined with a state of readiness. You can have one and be a failure; If you have both, you always win. —carolina warner

If you look at the record books, Dale Earnhardt did everything but win the Daytona 500. Now they can't take it. Now all they'll say is, "Dale Earnhardt, 1998 Daytona 500 winner," and his shoulders lighten each time. —Ernie Irwan

I am disappointed when I don't win because I want to believe that I can win on any horse I ride, which is a ridiculous idea. Even if I'm on a horse that I've realized doesn't stand a chance, by the time I get to the race I'll have convinced myself that he can win and be disappointed when he doesn't. —Toni McCoy

Fear comes from insecurity; We can eliminate the fear within us when we know ourselves better. As the great Sun Tzu said, if you know yourself and your opponent, you will always win. If you know yourself but not your opponent, you will win one and lose another. However, if you don't know yourself or your opponent, you are at risk all the time. —Bruce Lee

As president, he promptly invited the gay activists who elected him to "LGBT" receptions at the White House, where he assured them that one day cranky Americans might wake up from their "tired arguments and old attitudes." "Welcome to his White House," he stammered, vowing to support every point on the LGBT agenda: "We've been in office for six months. Feel good about the Obama administration." , the judges he will appoint will surely reveal a bogus new constitutional right to gay marriage discovered in the "twilight" of Lawrence v. Texas. At this point, Obama, trusting in the false honesty he has perfected, can regurgitate what he wrote in his memoir: that he was once on the "wrong side of history" but has now happily emerged into the light. .—Phyllis Schlafly

... I tell you without pleasure that this son of ours will be a great man because -well- because he is not very intelligent. He can only see one wish at a time. I said that he reviewed his dreams; he will murder every dream with the relentless arrows of his will. This boy will win on every goal of his aim; for he can see no thought, no reason, but his own. And I lament the upcoming greatness of him... —John Steinbeck

Lisa Smith-Batchen, the ultra-wonderful, pixie-tailed runner from Idaho who trained through blizzards to win a six-day race in the Sahara desert talks about exhaustion like a playful pet. "I love the beast," she says. "Actually, I'm excited for the beast to show up because every time it shows up, I deal better with it. I'd better get a handle on it. Once the beast arrives, Lisa knows what she's up against and can get to work. And doesn't she? that's why he's running through the desert in the first place, to put his training to use? Have a friendly little fight with the beast and show him who's boss? You can't hate the beast and expect to beat it; the only way to to truly conquer something, as any great philosopher or geneticist would tell you, is to love it.christopher mcdougall

Anyone can lose,” warned Mr. J.L.B. matekoni "You have to think about that every time you win. —Alexander McCall Smith

St Andrews is the home of golf and the world's largest golf course. Any time you can win at St Andrews would be special. It is every golfer's dream to win here. —Pedro Uihlein

Every time you sit down to meditate, you must sit down with the determination to win. You will sit there and make your mind happy, calm and still. —Frederick Lenz

I don't think I can expose myself like this, not without guarantees. "Hormones always win." "So you think it's all just physical?" "No, but we don't get to choose who we fall in love with. —Chris Dinnison

I hope Maven sees what we are, what we can do, and knows that he can't win. He's not stupid either. Even he knows when he's being hit. At least I hope it does. Because as far as I can tell, Maven was never defeated. Not when it really matters. Cal won his father, his soldiers, but Maven won the crown. Maven won all the really important fights. And he in time he would have won me too. —victoria aveyard

Nowadays, some chess games cannot last 40 minutes. A game can't always be finished fast, sometimes it's hard to win and the roads are strange. —Banger Deyth

In all adversity there is the germ of an equal advantage. In every defeat there is a lesson that will show you how to achieve victory next time. —roberto collier

If you run away every time you're afraid, all you'll do is hide your whole life. Is this really how a person should live his life? The only way to overcome this fear is to fight. No matter how scared or frightened you are, you can't win without a fight. —Choi Young-Rae

When you think of me as a soccer player, I want people to think that I take risks all the time. Good or bad, win or lose, I bet. —joe greene

I watched the Olympics when I was a kid. It would be fun to try to win a medal. What if you could trade Olympic gold for a US PGA Championship? He would take the specialty every time. —lucas donald

The man [Donald Trump] seems to outdo himself, no pun intended, every time he speaks up to win the Republican nomination. —Corri Wilson

Failure was always an option because knowing you couldn't win always gave you the courage to try. —Barbara Claypole Blanco

But until that night I had never really wet the bed. And now that she's done it, we're lying there in the accident and the minutes on the clock keep changing and the love I have for her keeps growing and we both keep breathing.
What was so terrible about that? Why was he always so angry? What was my need to always be right? Win every argument with her? Knock out a dog?
And all the anger is gone. He offers how to empty a bladder on soft cotton sheets while lying wet. —steven rowley

Yes, I go after bastards like him, make them pay for what they did to innocent victims who can't fight for themselves. And every time I win a case, I not only win for the victim, but also for myself. —buffy andrews

If it weren't for luck, I would always win. —Phil Hellmut

The media don't always get what they want. Certainly not the Democrats. They don't win every election and they don't win every battle. —fiebre limbaugh

I have short goals: get better every day, help my teammates every day, but my only ultimate goal is to win an NBA championship. It is all that matters. I dream about it. I dream all the time what it would look like, how it would feel. It would be so amazing. —Lebron James

It applies to all businesses. Shoemakers should be run by shoe people, software companies should be run by software people, and supermarkets should be run by supermarket people. With the advice and support of his bean counters, absolutely, but calling the shots for those who live and breathe the customer experience. Passion and the pursuit of excellence will always prevail over the dispassionate, analytics-driven computing philosophy. —Bob lutz

We love you buddy, but I swear to God if you put me in a position where I have to choose between you and Shaw, there's no question she's going to win every time. I know. —Jay Crownover

I think every drummer wanted to play like Krupa or win a Gene Krupa drumming contest. That's the great inspiration for drummers and of course it has to be the same for me. —rich friend

It's great to win some prizes early on. Help a writer get noticed and get some sales. It can also be annoying because it gets in the way of the quiet, contemplative time every writer needs, but this is especially important when you're a new writer finding your own voice and pursuing the things that matter to you. —Jeanette Winterson

Finally, when his mind was beyond repair, he had the strangest idea a madman has ever had in this world. In order to gain more honor for himself and at the same time serve his country, it now seemed convenient and necessary for him to become a knight-errant, and to travel the world on horseback, in armor; he would go in search of adventures, putting into practice everything he had read in his books; He would make amends for all kinds of evil and would put himself in situations of grave danger that would benefit the eternal glory of his name. As a reward for his bravery and the power of his arm, the poor fellow might at least see himself crowned Emperor of Trebizond; and so he immediately set about putting his plan into motion, entranced by the strange pleasure he found in such thoughts. —Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

Have you noticed how difficult it is to find your way in the world? If you are not good at your job, people will treat you badly and you will eventually be unemployed. And when you're a little more than competent, everyone expects miracles from you every time. As so many times in life, it is a no-win situation. And if you do bring it up, no matter how creatively you frame your complaints, you'll be dismissed as a whiner. —jeff lindsay

Each player lives football differently. We are all different people. I'm the guy who always wants to win. I hate to lose -Luis Suarez

We are the most excited society on the planet. We have to grow. And it is difficult; It is painful. I struggle with despair all the time. But I won't let him win. It is incumbent on all of us to recognize how dark the future is, but also to recognize the absolute necessity of resistance in whatever form possible. —chris setos

I have to win this now, forever, or I will fight every day and it will only get worse. —orson scott card