Myrtle Reed Quotes

I believed, up to last week, that Adam was somehow coming back. But I wouldn't trade that optimism for anything, because the other option is no fun.

I've learned to lose with a smile on my face. That's what the Oscar teaches you.

You win a few, you lose a few.

You just go out there and do the best you can. If it hits, it hits. And if it doesn't, you go on to the next thing.

Some days, I'm going to miss shots; some days, I'm not.

In life, sometimes you just lose.

You cannot win every game.

You're not always going to come out on top.

If I don't play well, then it's not the end of the world, because we all learn in tennis that there's always next week.

Not all things always go your way and you have to accept that. That's what you are going to get as a footballer.

It's not possible to win all matches.

Sometimes you lose; that is football.

You win some and lose some. It's all part of the game. You have to take it in a very positive way.

You lose more than you win in life, and that's OK. That's the nature of life.

One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything's fine today, that is our illusion.

Don't cry over spilled milk. By this time tomorrow, it'll be free yogurt.

Each must act as he thinks best; and if he is wrong, so much the worse for him. We stand on a mountain pass in the midst of whirling snow and blinding mist through which we get glimpses now and then of paths which may be deceptive. If we stand still we shall be frozen to death. If we take the wrong road we shall be dashed to pieces. We do not certainly know whether there is any right one. What must we do? Be strong and of a good courage. Act for the best, hope for the best, and take what comes. . . . If death ends all, we cannot meet death better.

Things are going to go wrong, and I think we are false to life if we don’t portray it. But there is also the hope that some lucky clown is going to come along and stumble into the gold mine. And I think you are also entitled to hold out that hope.

All the king's horses and all the king's men can't put the past together again. So let's remember: Don't try to saw sawdust.

I'm afraid our old world has come to an end, Rilla. We've got to face the fact. (Walter)

Every one of us is called upon, perhaps many times, to start a new life. A frightening diagnosis, a marriage, a move, loss of a job...And onward full-tilt we go, pitched and wrecked and absurdly resolute, driven in spite of everything to make good on a new shore. To be hopeful, to embrace one possibility after another--that is surely the basic instinct...Crying out: High tide! Time to move out into the glorious debris. Time to take this life for what it is.

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.

Perfect life is a contradiction in terms. Therefore we must always expect to find things not up to our highest ideal. Knowing this, we are bound to make the best of everything.

Nobody loses all the time.

Bad chances were better than no chances.