Millions of business people are each constantly forced to choose between their desire to not be a bad person and their desire to be a good business person, that is to say, to make as much money as they possibly can by maximizing their revenue while minimizing the cost of producing whatever it is that they sell.

Finding peace of mind usually demands that we lose some things and some people.

It is as difficult for most poor people to truly believe that they could someday escape poverty as it is for most wealthy people to truly believe that their wealth could someday escape them.

When you lose a friend or a lover, those who remain in your life gain (more of your attention).

When a dreamer loses his lover, his dream profits. (Unless, of course, the lover was the dreamer's dream.)

We cannot have, but can lose, everything.

Sometimes we are lucky to lose something or someone.

In many cases, it was the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that fell for her man.

In some cases, it is the woman’s stomach—not her heart—that has left her man for another.