A Quote by May Sarton

We only keep what we lose.

May Sarton

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Keep Lose Only

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May Sarton
American - Novelist
May 3, 1912 - July 16, 1995

The goods we spend we keep; and what we save We lose; and only what we lose we have.

Francis Quarles

Keep on shining, keep on smiling, don't lose faith, and don't lose heart. When you're crying, just keep trying to remind yourself, you're a shining star, yes you are.

LeAnn Rimes

The only things we can keep are the things we freely give to God. What we try to keep for ourselves is just what we are sure to lose.

C. S. Lewis

The only kinds of fights worth fighting are those you’re going to lose, because somebody has to fight them and lose and lose and lose until someday, somebody who believes as you do wins.

I. F. Stone

They only fall, that strive to move, Or lose, that care to keep.

Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton

It is important as a bowler that you always need to have a presence. If you lose that you lose quite a bit, a big part of your armoury. It comes naturally with me, and at times it is a huge advantage. I don't want to lose it. I want to keep getting wickets.

Stuart Broad

In the United States, because we are a nation of laws, you can lose an election and keep your life. In the United States, you can lose an election where you can disagree with our leaders or our government, and you won't lose your business; you won't lose your family, and you won't lose your freedom.

Kelly Ayotte

When you lose your freedom, you lose, first and foremost, the opportunity to choose the company you keep.

Masha Gessen

I like to keep my voice going. I don't want it to lose its chops. You know, as you age, it's easier for you to lose it.

Arnel Pineda

Reason thus with life: If I do lose thee, I do lose a thing That none but fools would keep.

William Shakespeare

If you lose your reason, you lose it into the hands of God....It's the only place where anything is safe. And when you're dead it's only what's there you'll have. Nothing else.

Elizabeth Goudge

You quit, you lose. You keep going, you may still lose. But, your ambition will never die.

Gurbaksh Chahal

I've learned to be more reserved, watch what I'm saying; I got in a little bit of trouble. People tell me 'Never lose that, never lose that,' but then I get in trouble so I have to lose it. I'm trying to keep a little bit; I'm never going to lose who I am, I just gotta tone it down a little bit.

Shia LaBeouf

This is going to be a hard task for you, first to attain and then to lose - because you can lose only something which you possess. If you don't possess it, how can you lose it?