Differences between winners and losers

*Winners speak with their actions, while losers make excuses with their words.

*Winners live with a responsible attitude, while losers make a lot of promises.

*Winners live prepared to be punished and receive rewards, while losers cheat and receive punishment.

*Winners serve people and wear their hats, while losers serve their hats and wear their bowls.

*When winners make mistakes, they say they were wrong, while losers say things appropriately.

*Winners are honest, while losers are full of excuses.

*Winners say yes and no clearly, while losers say things vaguely.

*Winners can apologize to small people, but losers can't even apologize to big people.

*Winners get up after falling and look forward, while losers get up and look only behind.

*Winners work hard, play hard, and rest hard, while losers work hurriedly, play lazily, and rest carelessly. *Winners live by seizing and managing time, while losers are chased by or dragged by time.

*Winners are not afraid of losing, but losers are secretly worried about winning.

*Winners live for the process, while losers live for the result.

*Winners see the sun above the clouds, while losers see the rain in the clouds.

*Winners know the pleasure of getting up after falling, while losers lament the bad luck of falling.

*Winners make a path by stepping on the snow, while losers wait for the snow to melt.

*Winners use failure as a mirror, while losers use success as waste paper.

*Winners raise their sails when they see the wind, while losers lower their sails when they see the wind.

*Winners control money, while losers are controlled by money.ir pockets. 

*Winners like to say, "Let's try again," while losers say, "There's no point in trying."

*Winners believe in the ground, while losers believe in luck.

*Winners fall down seven times and get up eight times, while losers regret each of the seven times they fell.

*Winners calculate while running, while losers calculate before they even start.

*Winners listen, but losers wait for their turn to speak.

*Winners are gentle and natural, while losers brag and inflate themselves.

*Winners think there must be another way, while losers think there is only one way.

[From the Diaspora Jewish Scriptures]