#loss

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#despair #drive #equanimity #father #him

There is no better than adversity. Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve your performance the next time. ↗

— Malcolm X

#better #contains #defeat #every #heartbreak

A gloss is a total system of perception and language. ↗

— Talcott Parsons

#language #perception #system #total

To me, natural, healthy looking skin is really beautiful. With a little concealer, eyeshadow, liner, gloss and bronzer, I love my lighter makeup look. I've saved so much money on facials! ↗

— Giuliana Rancic

#gloss #healthy #i #i love #lighter

I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. ↗

— Washington Irving

#am #believe #how #i #i am

People in so many countries look up to the United States as a model of democracy, but I doubt if that can continue. It leaves me with a great sense of loss. ↗

— Bianca Jagger

#countries #democracy #doubt #great #i

People lose people, we lose things in our life as we're constantly growing and changing. That's what life is is change, and a lot of that is loss. It's what you gain from that loss that makes life. ↗

— Thomas Jane

#changing #constantly #gain #growing #life

The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#most #pays #seldom #successful #war

War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#inefficient #instead #instrument #losses #multiplies

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#expense #first #forehead #generals #good