Retreat Quotes

The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong. Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention. The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

I'm like the trunk of a cactus... I take in a dose of culture and time with friends, then I retreat and go live on it for awhile until I get thirsty again.

I will be as harsh as truth, and uncompromising as justice... I am in earnest, I will not equivocate, I will not excuse, I will not retreat a single inch, and I will be heard.

The heavy casualties, the constant retreat, the shortage of food and munitions, the difficulty of receiving reinforcements... all this had a very bad effect on morale. Many longed to get across the Volga, to escape the hell of Stalingrad.

In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.

It is better to be an outcast, a stranger in one’s own country, than an outcast from one’s self. It is better to see what is about to befall us and to resist than to retreat into the fantasies embraced by a nation of the blind.

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.

In the Soviet army it takes more courage to retreat than advance.

Die, but do not retreat.

I shall never surrender or retreat.

Peace is purchased from strength. It's not purchased from weakness or unilateral retreats.

No reserves. No retreats. No regrets.

The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

One who speaks deferentially but increases his preparations will advance. One who speaks belligerently and advances hastily will retreat.

It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.

Running is just such a monastery- a retreat, a place to commune with God and yourself, a place for psychological and spiritual renewal.

Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks.

There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.

Ideally the ultimate retreat is to retreat from the past and the future to always remain in the present.

Happy couples make it a habbit to refocus. Because it's quite normal to be distracted. So they talk. They get away for a while. They pray. They go on a marriage retreat. They take a second honeymoon or a 3rd, or 4th, or a 5th...

To not advance is to retreat.

I will be as harsh as truth and as uncompromising as justice.

The only true rule for cavalry is to follow the enemy as long as he retreats.

There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.

Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction.

Retreat? NO. I propose to attach at daylight and whip them.

I simply don't shine in company. Mostly I prefer to retreat with a book.

When over the enemy's lines never forget your own line of retreat.

Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die.

One must wage war against his predominant passion and not retreat until, with God's help, he has been victorious.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.

How readily the bluebirds become our friends and neighbors when we offer them suitable nesting retreats!

In this Revolution, no plans have been written for retreat. Those who will not get into step will find that the parade has passed them by.

A thousand things advance; nine hundred and ninety nine retreat; That is progress.

He who retreats lives longer.

Stand still... and refuse to retreat. Look at it as God looks at it and draw upon His power to hold up under the blast.

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future.

Poetry is the art of overhearing ourselves say things from which it is impossible to retreat.

The proper response to difficulty is not to retreat. It is to prevail.

There’s a place inside of you where you can retreat and enjoy perfect stillness.

If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the shame and reproach will be very great.

Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.

I think all writers have a bit of genius in them, and a bit of talent. Genius retreats but talent improves.

Will we fight or will we retreat? That is the question that is posed to us. Some of my friends on the other side of the aisle often refer to Iraq as a distraction.