- Personal motivational phrases
- Motivational phrases at work (work)
- Sports motivation phrases
- Of success
- Soccer motivation quotes
- Motivation phrases for teamwork
- Motivational phrases at the gym
- Motivational phrases for students
- God motivational phrases
- Motivational phrases in English (translated)
The great characters of history have left short motivational and self-improvement phrases that can help you inspire, encourage you and get ahead in difficult moments. They are beautiful quotes, reflections, words, messages and thoughts that have the power to guide us in life or give us the courage to pursue our dreams.
These great motivational quotes have a great ability to give you encouragement, help you achieve success, change your perspective, brighten up a bad day, or even give you new ideas. You can use them to encourage you, as dedications, for presentations, to reflect or to transmit ideas and values.
They are also often used to encourage leadership, promote the winning feeling, optimism or for sports. You may also be interested in this list of positive phrases, these to reflect or you are inspirational.
Personal motivational phrases
- Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not trying is the real failure-George Edward Woodberry
-Success depends on effort-Sophocles.
-First of all, preparation is the key to success-Alexander Graham Bell.
-Fortune favors the brave-Virgil.
"Fall down seven times and get up eight" Japanese proverb.
-It's always early to give up-Norman Vincent Peale.
-Try and fail, but never fail to try-Jared Leto.
-We become what we think-Earl Nightingale.
-Anything that the mind of man can conceive and believe, can be achieved-Napoleon Hill.
-The pleasure and action make the hours seem short-William Shakespeare.
-A person with a new idea is a joke until the idea is successful-Mark Twain.
-Failure is not an option. Everyone Has To Succeed-Arnold Schwarzenegger.
-What you do today can improve all your tomorrows-Ralph Marston.
-Socrates is not worth living an unexamined life.
-Aim for the moon. If you fail, you could hit a star. W. Clement Stone.
-Your positive actions combined with positive thoughts result in success-Shiv Khera.
-A positive and strong mental attitude will create more miracles than any drug-Patricia Neal.
-The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you can not do-Walter Bagehot.
-Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.-Carol Burnett.
-I don't want to earn a living, I want to live-Oscar Wilde.
-Every man dies. Not Every Man Lives-William Wallace.
-Life contracts or expands in proportion to the courage that is shown-Anais Nin.
-The problem is that you think you have time-Buddha.
-Life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to experience-Soren Kierkegaard.
-You have to think anyway. Why not think big? -Donald Trump.
-Be patient and hard, one day that pain will be useful for you-Ovidio.
-What does not kill you makes you stronger-Friedrich Nietzsche.
–There is only one happiness in life - to love and be loved-George Sand.
-You have to train your brain to be positive just like you train your body-Shawn Achor.
-Don't look for mistakes, look for a remedy-Henry Ford.
-Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die-Albert King.
-You can not have a positive life and a negative mind.-Joyce Meyer.
-Surround yourself with positive people and you will be a positive person-Kellie Pickler.
-You change your life by changing your heart-Max Lucado.
-Man never made a material as resistant as the human spirit-Bernard Williams.
-The power of imagination makes us infinite-John Muir.
-Everything has beauty, but not everyone can see it-Confucius.
-The more we do, the more we can do-William Hazlitt.
-When one can, must-Charlotte Whitton.
-You can not build a reputation in what you are going to do-Henry Ford.
-Conquer the one who resists-Aulus Persius Flaccus.
-The most effective way to do it, is to do it-Amelia Earhart.
-If you fell yesterday, get up today-HGWells.
-You can't defeat the person who never gives up-Babe Ruth.
-Set high goals and do not stop until you achieve them-Bo Jackson.
-If you don't like things, change them! You're not a tree-Jim Rohn.
-Be kind to everyone and severe with yourself-Santa Teresa de Ávila.
-You have to make it happen-Denis Diderot.
-If you think you can, you can-John Burroughs.
-Deserve your dream-Octavio Paz.
-If the world seems cold to you, light a fire to warm it.-Lucy Larcom.
-They are successful because they believe they can.-Virgilio.
35-Diligence is the mother of good fortune.-Benjamin Disraeli.
-Determination is the starting point of all achievement.-W. Clement Stone.
-Step by step and the thing is done.-Charles Atlas.
-The will finds the way.-Orison Swett Marden.
-The time you waste enjoying is never wasted.-John Lennon.
-Everybody thinks about changing the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.-Leo Tolstoy.
-Vision without action is a dream. Action without vision is a nightmare.-Chinese proverb.
-We must choose between what is correct and what is simple.-JK Rowling.
-The best way to predict the future is to create it.
-The truth is running and nothing will stop it.
- Confidence is preparation. Everything else is out of your control.
-We convince by our presence.
-People are alone because they build walls instead of bridges.-Joseph Fort Newton.
-Recognizing the good that is already in your life is the foundation of all abundance.
-People live by acts not by ideas.-Anatole France.
-To begin, begin.
-Life changes very fast, in a positive way, if you let it.-Lindsey Vonn.
-Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.-Matt Cameron.
-Confidence is achieved with preparation. Everything else is out of your control-Richard Kline.
-Wait for problems and eat them for breakfast.-Alfred A. Montapert.
-How you start your day is how you live your day. How you live your day is how you live your life.-Louise Hay.
-The only limit to your impact is your imagination and commitment.-Tony Robbins.
-Character is the most important of all virtues, because without courage you cannot practice any other virtue consistently.-Maya Angelou.
-Discipline is the bridge between goals and achievements.-Jim Rohn.
-What you achieve with the achievement of your goals is not as important as what you become with the achievement of your goals.-Henry David Thoreau.
-Life is not about finding yourself, but about creating yourself.-George Bernard Shaw.
-Impossible is a word that is found only in the dictionary of fools.-Napoleon Bonaparte.
-Stars cannot shine without darkness.
-Always give the best you have. What you plant now, you will reap later.-Og Mandino.
-You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.-Zig Ziglar.
-No bird rises too high if it flies with its own wings.-William Blake.
-If not us, who? If not now, when? -John F. Kennedy.
-Transform your wounds into wisdom.-Oprah Winfrey.
-Wherever you go, go with all your heart.-Confucius.
-Never give up on a dream for the time it takes to achieve it. Time will pass anyway.-Earl Nightingale.
-Remember that no one can make you feel inferior without your consent.-Eleanor Roosevelt.
-Action is the fundamental key to all success.-Pablo Picasso.
-Life is trying things to see if they work.-Ray Bradbury.
-Dream big and dare to fail.-Norman Vaughan.
-Even if you fall flat on your face, you are moving forward.-Victor Kiam.
-To be the best you must be able to endure the worst.-Wilson Kanadi.
-We do not conquer the mountain, but ourselves.-Edmund Hillary.
-Change your life today. Do not bet on the future, act now, without delay.-Simone de Beauvoir.
-Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through difficulties and decide not to give up, that is strength.-Arnold Schwarzenegger.
45-Strength and growth only come through effort and continuous struggle.-Napoleon Hill.
-Hard times never last, but hard people do.- Robert H. Schuller.
-Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.-Frank Ocean.
-Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.- Theodore Roosevelt.
-Hope is a waking dream.-Aristotle.
-Do one thing that scares you every day.-Eleanor Roosevelt.
-You must do what you think you can not do.-Eleanor Roosevelt.
19-In the middle of the difficulty lies the opportunity.-Albert Einstein.
-The man who moves mountains begins by carrying small stones.-Confucius.
-Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.-John D. Rockefeller.
-You will never achieve success unless you like what you are doing.-Dale Carnegie.
-A person who never made a mistake, never tried something new.-Albert Einstein.
-Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now, every minute must be enjoyed and savored.-Earl Nightingale.
-Success consists in getting what you want. Happiness, in enjoying what you get.-Emerson Ralph Waldo.
-Stay positive and happy. Work hard and don't lose hope. Be open to criticism and keep learning.-Tena Desae.
-Successful people maintain a positive approach in life no matter what happens around them.-Jack Canfield.
-Believe in yourself, and the rest will fall into place.-Bran Henry.
-Faith makes all things possible, love makes all things easy.-Dwigth L. Moody.
-You have the power to achieve your dreams.-Tae Yun Kim.
-The most important thing is to enjoy your life, being happy is all that matters.-Audrey Hepburn.
-Your success and your happiness depend on you.-Helen Keller.
-Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities. Without a humble but reasonable confidence you cannot be successful or happy.-Norman Vincent Peale.
-If you can dream it, you can do it.-Walt Disney.
-It always seems impossible until it's done. Nelson Mandela.
-Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.-Charles Swindoll.
-80% of success is to appear.-Woody Allen.
-Keep your eyes on the stars and feet on the ground.-Theodore Roosevelt.
-Only you can change your life. No one else can do it for you.-Carol Burnett.
-If you are under the impression that you have reached perfection, you will never reach the heights of which you are capable.-Kazuo Ishiguro.
Believe that you can and you will almost have achieved it.-Theodore Roosevelt.
-People achieve achievements by acts, not by ideas.-Anatole France.
-If you try hard, life can change quickly from negative moments to extraordinary moments.-Lindsey Vonn.
-Accept the challenges so you can feel the euphoria of victory.-George S. Patton.
-When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not against you.-Elon Musk.
-Never, never, never give up.-Winston Churchill.
-Knowing is not enough; We must apply. Will is not enough; we must do.-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
-The more difficult the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.-Thomas Paine.
The will to be successful is important, but the will to prepare is more important.-Bobby Knight.
-Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.-William James.
-By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.-Benjamin Franklin.
-You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.-Les Brown.
-Think of all the beauty that is still around you and be happy.-Anne Frank.
-Even a happy life cannot exist without a little darkness.-Carl Jung.
-Very little is needed to be happy in life; It is all within you, in your way of thinking.-Marco Aurelio.
-If you do not like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.-Maya Angelou.
-A positive attitude, can really make dreams come true.-David Bailey.
-Nothing can prevent man from achieving his goal when he has a correct mental attitude.-Thomas Jefferson.
-Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can replace experience.-Paulo Coelho.
-Life can only be understood going backwards, but it must be lived going forward.-Soren Kierkegaard.
-Your time is limited, so do not waste it living someone else's life… have the courage to follow your heart and your intuition.-Steve Jobs.
32-Success is not the end, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.-Winston Churchill.
-The challenges make life interesting. Overcoming them is what makes life have meaning.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
-It is during the darkest moments when we must focus to see the light.-Aristotle Onassis.
-Everything you have always wanted to have is on the other side of fear.-George Addair.
-When you get up in the morning, think about the precious privilege of being alive, breathing, thinking, enjoying and loving.-Marco Aurelio.
-Your attitude, not your aptitude, will determine your altitude.-Zig Ziglar.
-If there are no heroes to save you, you have to become a hero.-Denpa Kyoshi.
-You will never be able to cross the ocean until you have the courage to lose sight of the coast.-Christopher Columbus.
24-We all must suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret.-Jim Rohn.
-If pain does not guide you to humility, you have wasted suffering.-Katerina Stoykova Klemer.
-Life is like riding a bicycle. To maintain balance, you must move forward.-Albert Einstein.
-The only difference between a good and bad day is your attitude.-Dennis S. Brown.
-The awareness of death encourages us to live more intensely.-Paulo Coelho.
-The cave you fear to enter contains the treasure you want.-Joseph Campbell.
-In the end, some of your great pains become your great strengths.-Drew Barrymore.
-The few who do are the envy of the many who only see.-Jim Rohn.
-Believe in yourself. You know more than you think.-Dr. Benjamin Spock.
-If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible-T. Harv Eker.
-Use pain as a stone in your path, not as a camping area.-Alan Cohen.
-The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.-Eleanor Roosevelt.
-The first step is to say that you can do it.-Will Smith.
-A great life begins inside.-Malka Maxwell.
-As human beings, our greatness does not lie in being able to remake the world, but in being able to remake ourselves.-Mahatma Gandhi.
-The only limits to our achievements tomorrow will be our doubts today.-Franklin D. Roosevelt.
-He who has patience, will get what he wants.-Benjamin Franklin.
-Even the darkest night will end with the sunrise.-Victor Hugo.
-Each failure teaches man something he needed to learn.-Charles Dickens.
-Life is short. Live passionately.-Marc A. Pitman.
-I am always doing what I cannot do to learn to do it.-Pablo Picasso.
-Don't make decisions based on fear.-Jake Nickell.
-Good things happen every day. We just have to realize them.-Anne Wilson Schaef.
-All exit is an entrance to somewhere.-Tom Stoppard.
-The occasion must be created, not wait for it to arrive.-Francis Bacon.
-Bullying or mistreatment builds character like nuclear waste create superheroes.-Zack W Van.
-You can not set any limits, there is nothing impossible.-Usain Bolt.
-When you do what you fear most, you can do anything.-Stephen Richards.
-He who knows others is wise. The one who knows himself is enlightened.-Lao Tzu.
-Sometimes adversity is what you need to face to be successful.-Zig Ziglar.
-It is in your moments of decision when your destiny is formed.-Tony Robbins.
-Believe in yourself. You Know More Than You Think You Know-Benjamin Spock.
-Most important things in the world have been achieved by people who kept trying when there seemed to be no hope.-Dale Carnegie.
-Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.-Mahatma Gandhi.
-You may dislike failing, but you are doomed if you don't try.-Beverly Sills.
-Good things happen every day. We just have to realize them.-Anne Wilson Schaef.
-The biggest lessons come from your great mistakes.-Gurbaksh Chahal.
-The difference between winning and losing is often not giving up.-Walt Disney.
-It is not the size of a man that matters, but the size of his heart.-Evander Holyfield.
-The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects change; The realist adjusts the sails.-William Arthur.
-Go for it now. The future is not promised to anyone.-Wayne W. Dyer.
-If you do not like the way you walk, start building another.-Dolly Parton.
-If you don't pursue what you want, you will never have it. If you do not go forward, you will always be in the same place.-Nora Roberts.
-Our lives are defined by opportunities, even those we lose.-F. Scott Fitzgerald.
-With self-discipline almost anything is possible.-Theodore Roosevelt.
-There may be people with more talent than you, but there are no excuses for not working harder.-Derek Jeter.
-Some people feel the rain, others just get wet.-Bob Marley.
-Every minute that you are pissed you lose sixty seconds of happiness.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
-The opinion of other people about you does not have to become your reality.-Les Brown.
-Never give up, you sit and lament. Find another way.-Satchel Paige.
24-Refuse to let the situation determine your attitude.-Charles R. Swindoll.
-I am not discouraged, because each failed attempt is a step forward.-Thomas Edison.
35-Persistence can change a failure into an extraordinary achievement.-Marv Levy.
-The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.-Cicero.
-Life begins at the end of the comfort zone.-Neale Donald Walsch.
-If you do not defend something, you will fall for anything.-Malcom X.
-Never give up. Failure and rejection are only the first step to success.-Jim Valvano.
-Loving yourself is the beginning of a long romantic life.-Oscar Wilde.
-It is easier to go down a mountain than to climb it, but the view is much better up high.-Arnold Bennet.
-Those who cannot change their minds, cannot change anything.-George Bernard Shaw.
-Both if you think you can or you can not, you are right.-Henry Ford.
-Talk to yourself as you would to someone you love.-Brene Brown.
-Defeat is not defeat until it is accepted as a reality in your own mind.-Bruce Lee.
-Most people fail because they focus on things in life without importance.-Anthony Robbins.
-There are no failures, only experiences and reactions to them.-Tom Krause.
42-One can not consent to crawl when he feels the urge to fly.-Helen Keller.
-Dont wait. The moment will never be the right one.-Napoleon Hill.
-Success is not pursued; is attracted to the person you become.-Jim Rohn.
-The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.-CC Scott.
-Believe and act as if it were impossible to fail.-Charles Kettering.
-Today is the first day of the rest of your life.-Abbie Hoffman.
-There are three types of people in this world. First, there are the ones that make things happen. Then there are those who see how things happen. Finally, there are those who ask, what has happened? What do you want to be? -Steve Backley.
-The question is not who is going to leave me, it is who is going to stop me.- Ayn Rand.
-Trusting in yourself does not guarantee success, but not doing so guarantees failure.-Albert Bandura.
-Concentrate on finding your goal, then concentrate on reaching it.-Michael Friedsam.
-In order to succeed, your desire to succeed must be greater than your fear of failure.-Bill Cosby.
-Put your heart, mind and soul into even the smallest acts. That is the secret of success.-Swami Sivananda.
-Believe in yourself before asking others to do it.-Samar AlDhamadi.
-In life many people know what to do, but few do what they know. Knowing is not enough. You must take action.-Anthony Robbins.
-Only when the caterpillar believed that the world was ending did it transform into a butterfly.-Proverb.
-The only way to find the limits of the possible is to go beyond the impossible.-Arthur C. Clarke.
-You can get anything you want if you really go after her.-Wayne Dier.
-Sometimes life hits you over the head with a brick. Do not lose faith.-Steve Jobs.
-Energy and persistence conquer everything.-Benjamin Franklin.
-There is always a better way to do it, find it.-Thomas A. Edison.
-When you are about to leave think about why you started.
-Every achievement begins with the decision to try.
-Look in the mirror… That's your competition.
-Mistakes are proof that you're trying.
-Don't give up what you love most for what you want now.
-In the end we only regret the opportunities we did not take.
-Success does not come to you, you go to it.
-If you can find an unobstructed path, it probably isn't going anywhere.
-If it doesn't challenge you, it doesn't change you.
-Don't look at the clock. Do what he does; keep going.
-Falling is how we grow. Staying on the ground is how we die.
-I walk slowly, but I never walk backwards.
-The meaning of life is to give meaning to life.-Ken Hudgins.
-The best way to grow personally is to face your fears.
-Stop thinking about the past and the future; life is lived in the present.
-A little progress is better than no progress.
-Prove them wrong.
-A creative person is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to win others.-Ayn Rand.
-I'm not here to be mediocre, I'm here to be the best.
-Don't stop until you're proud.
-Become the tiger in the flock of sheep.
Motivational phrases at work (work)
-A leader is someone who knows the way, walks it and shows it-John C. Maxwell.
-Innovation distinguishes the leader from the follower-Steve Jobs.
-The best remedy against all ills is work.-Charles Baudelaire.
-When you like your job, every day is a vacation.-Frank Tyger.
-The only way to do a great job is to love what you do.-Steve Jobs.
-Keep your dreams alive. Understand that accomplishing anything requires belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication.-Gail Devers.
-The price of success is hard work, dedication and determination.-Vince Lombardi.
-Hard work beats talent when talent does not work hard.-Tim Notke.
Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation what you are willing to do. Your attitude how well you do it.-Lou Woltz.
-There are no short cuts; work hard and be patient.
-You will never have this day again; make it worth it.
-Don't limit your challenges, challenge your limits.
-Don't wait for the opportunity, create it.
Sports motivation phrases
-Being a good loser is learning how to win-Carl Sandburg.
-Each strike brings me closer to the next home run-Babe Ruth.
-Winning is not everything, but it is wanting to win-Vince Lombardi.
-When you lose, do not lose the lesson-Dalai Lama.
-You have to expect things from yourself before you can do them.-Michael Jordan.
-If you are afraid of failing, you will probably fail.-Kobe Bryant.
-If you do not lose, you cannot enjoy the victories.-Rafael Nadal.
-The best motivation always comes from the inside.-Michael Johnson.
-The key to success is failure.
-You have to accept failure to improve.
-If you want to be the best, you have to do things that other people are not willing to do.-Michael Phelps.
-You can't quit. Winners never give up and those who give up never win.-Ted Turner.
-You have to expect things from yourself before doing them.-Michael Jordan.
19-Winners never give up and those who abandon never win.-Vince Lombardi.
-You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the further you go.-Michael Phelps.
-You only fail when you stop trying.
-To be the best you have to act for a time as the second best.
-Suda, smile and repeat.
Of success
-The road to success is always under construction-Lily Tomlin.
19-Man needs difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success-APJ Abdul Kalam.
-When you have a dream you have to catch it and never let it go-Carol Burnett.
-A goal is a dream with a deadline-Napoleon Hill.
-Success goes to those who dare and act, it rarely goes to the shy.-Jawaharalal Nehru.
23-Self-confidence is the first secret of success.-Ralph Waldo Emerson.
-A mind preoccupied with doubt can not focus on the course to victory.-Arthur Golden.
-The best revenge is a massive success.-Frank Sinatra.
-To be successful, we must first believe that we can.-Nikos Kazantzakis.
-Success has a simple formula: give the best of yourself and people may like it-Sam Ewing.
-Optimism is the faith that leads to success. You can not do anything without hope or confidence.-Helen Keller.
-Failure will never reach me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.-Og Mandino.
-The real secret of success is enthusiasm.-Walter Chrysler.
Soccer motivation quotes
-The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness of winning.-Pele.
-You have to fight to achieve your dreams. You have to sacrifice and work hard for it.-Lionel Messi.
-What I do as an individual player is only important if it helps the team to win. That is the most important.
-The speed of the brain is more important than that of the legs.-Xavi Hernández.
-I do not play to win golden balls, I play to be happy.-Andrés Iniesta.
-You can't score a goal if you don't shoot.-Johan Cruijff.
Motivation phrases for teamwork
-The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.-Vince Lombardi.
-Remember that the destiny of all depends on the behavior of each one.-Vince Lombardi.
- Getting together is a start. Staying together is progress. Working together is a success.-Henry Ford.
-None of us is as smart as all of us.-Ken Blanchard.
-We can only do little, together we can do a lot.
-The two parts are needed to build a bridge.-Fredrik Nael.
-Teamwork divides the task and multiplies success.
-We grow by helping others.-Robert Ingersol.
-In union is strength.-Aesop.
-There is no such thing as a superhero, but together we can move the world in a new direction.-Biz Stone.
Motivational phrases at the gym
-Intensity builds immensity.-Kevin Levrone.
-Only hard roads lead to greatness.
-The pain is temporary, the pride forever.
-The more you sweat in training, the less you bleed in combat.
-Take care of your body. It is the only place you have to live.-Jim Rohn.
-One finds his limits by pushing himself-Herbert Simon.
-Every time you feel like giving up, don't.
-Sweat is crying fat.
Motivational phrases for students
-Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.-Margaret Fuller.
-Don't give up on your dreams or your dreams will give up on you.-John Wooden.
-To have a better tomorrow you have to study today.
-Your fight today is developing the strength you will need tomorrow.
-The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.-Eleanor Roosevelt.
-The expert in anything was once a beginner.
-Don't talk, do it. Don't say it, show it. Don't promise, try it.
-The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.-Jimmy Johnson.
God motivational phrases
-God can turn any situation around.
-I did my best and God put the rest.-Hattie McDaniel.
-God has not brought you so far to abandon you.
-God loves each of us as if there were only one of us all.-Saint Augustine.
-Walking with God is a daily adventure.
-God has a plan. Trust him. Live it. Enjoy.
Motivational phrases in English (translated)
-Probe them wrong. (Proves them wrong).
-You are your only limit. (You are your only limit).
-No pressure, no diamonds.-Thomas Carlyle. (No pressure, no diamonds).
-I can and I will. (I can and will do).
-Impossible is for the unwilling.-John Keats. (Impossible is for those who are not willing).
-Let your dreams take flight. (Let your dreams take off).
-The secret of getting ahead is getting started.-Mark Twain. (The secret to getting ahead is getting started.)
-One who is the winner now, was the loser once. (One who is the winner now was the loser once).