Retreat Quotes

Retreat Quote of the day

If I advance; follow me. If I retreat; kill me. If I die; avenge me! It is better to live one day as a lion than one-hundred years as a sheep!

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

Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

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.

Feeling real is more than existing; it is finding a way to exist as oneself... and to have a self into which to retreat for relaxation.

Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.

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.

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.

The recipe for beauty is to have less illusion and more Soul, to retreat from the belief of pain or pleasure in the body into the unchanging calm and glorious freedom of spiritual harmony.

That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

Achieving control over change, in respect to lifestyle, demands an engagement with the outer social world rather than a retreat from it.

I shall never surrender or retreat.

It has been said repeatedly that one can never, try as he will, get around to the front of the universe. Man is destined to see only its far side, to realize nature only in retreat.

I take rejection as someone blowing a bugle in my ear to wake me up and get going, rather than retreat.

No reserves. No retreats. No regrets.

Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

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

Free supplies and open retreat are two essentials to the safety of an army or a fleet.

Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

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

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats.

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

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

A born Texan has instilled in his system a mind-set of no retreat or no surrender. I wish everyone the world over had the dominating spirit that motivates Texans.

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

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

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

I am a nice young girl here to pick up your granddaughter for the weekend... We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her. - Bones to Cat's grandparents

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

The cabin of a small yacht is truly a wonderful thing; not only will it shelter you from a tempest, but from the other troubles in life, it is a safe retreat.

My home...It is my retreat and resting place from wars, I try to keep this corner as a haven against the tempest outside, as I do another corner in my soul.

A period recourse into the wilds is not a retreat into secret silent sanctums to escape a wicked world, it is to take breath amid effort to forge a better world.

The safety of the country is at stake... We must let ourselves be killed on the spot rather than retreat... No faltering can be tolerated today.

The mountain decides whether you climb or not. The art of mountaineering is knowing when to go, when to stay, and when to retreat.

To not advance is to retreat.

Labor cannot stand still. It must not retreat. It must go on, or go under.

A dwelling should be not a retreat from space, but life in space.

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

Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Humble words and increased preparations are signs that the enemy is about to advance. Violent language and driving forward as if to the attack are signs that he will retreat.

Man can find no better retreat from the world than art, and man can find no stronger link with the world than art.

I never stopped studying Buddhism. In the past few years, in between movies, I do a retreat.

In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.

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

Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china.

Man does not live by a turkey in every oven or a color TV set in every home. Man lives by faith and hope and love, by the star on the horizon, by the trumpet that will not call retreat.