Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-77.250.185.147-20130107172258/@comment-1739368-20130107191506

Well it sorta says the author under the quote, but :

“To love and win is the best thing. To love and lose, the next best.

-William M. Thackeray.

http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/William+M.+Thackeray/1/index.html

I don't think it was a poem either, just an insightful quote.