Top 521 Retreat Quotes & Sayings

A masterful retreat is itself a victory.

Don't retreat. Instead - reload!

But give thanks, at least, that you still have Frost's poems; and when you feel the need of solitude, retreat to the companionship of moon, water, hills and trees. Retreat, he reminds us, should not be confused with escape. And take these poems along for good luck!

It is also a victory to know when to retreat.

Life doesn't retreat.

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

I shall never surrender or retreat.

To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's.

The female of all species are most dangerous when they appear to retreat.

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

The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself.

We can retreat and retreat and let ourselves get backed into corners forever,” she’d said once. “Or we can go out and meet the enemy at the time and place we choose. Not them.” Okay, Tasha, I thought. Let’s see if your advice gets me killed.

In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat.

I've decided to retreat to the spirit world where I feel appreciated and understood.

Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.

Hit them in their personal lives, visit their homes . Actively target U.S. military establishments within the United States... strike hard and fast and retreat in anonymity. Select another location, strike again hard and fast and quickly retreat in anonymity ... Do not get caught. DO NOT GET CAUGHT. Do not get sent to jail. Stay alert, keep active, and keep fighting.

When the mind grasps the universe, the senses retreat.

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

I believe, and always have, that America must engage - not retreat - in the world.

In a retreat the lame are formost. [In a retreat the lame are foremost.]

Music makes illness retreat.

'In Case You Didn't Know' was written in Mexico, actually, on a songwriter's retreat.

Coordinating the retreat was important too, so important that Jiaan had assigned Aram as Fasal's assistant, to be sure he didn't overlook anything important. Like the fact that they were supposed to retreat.

Retreat itself is often a plan of resistance and may be a precursor of great bravery and sacrifice. Every retreat is not cowardice which implies fear to die.

We had that first Marvel NOW! retreat where everybody came in and pitched their new books, which was probably the most exciting retreat I've ever been to because it was all brand new.

You know, you don't retreat in the defense of freedom. You don't retreat in the defense of moral government and limited government. You don't retreat because people are going to defend bad things.

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

It's time to question laws that senselessly expand the concept of self-defense and sow dangerous conflict in our neighborhoods. These laws try to fix something that was never broken. There has always been a legal defense for using deadly force if - and the 'if' is important - if no safe retreat is available. But we must examine laws that take this further by eliminating the common sense and age-old requirement that people who feel threatened have a duty to retreat, outside their home, if they can do so safely.

Sometimes, after you have taken part in a seven, one or two-day retreat, you could feel that your level of practice had risen. That was because we had given our undivided attention to breaking through our level of practice. We knew that was the sole purpose of coming to a retreat here, so our levels were uplifted and our karma left behind.

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

To not advance is to retreat.

Reform is not a period of retreat.

Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat.

A woman's noblest station is retreat.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

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

I retreat to my cave in a very male fashion.

When your armour is on, it is too late to retreat.

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

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

To retreat after a work well done is Heaven's Way.

I think it's very hard to fight the war on terrorism if we're in retreat.

Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

I long for, not a writer's retreat - I can write in any situation - but a reader's retreat.

When the Americans advance, we harass and retreat, fire from new positions and then retreat again. If the attacking force is too big, we call for support.

Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat.

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

Because no retreat from the world can mask what is in your face.

The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow.

We've just done a five-day retreat at the Chopra centre and people who went to the meditation retreat saw their anti-ageing enzyme increase by 40 per cent. We looked at their 23,000 genes and the self-healing genes were up regulated and all the genes related to heart disease, cancer and inflammatory diseases, diabetes, they all went down within five days.

The British retreat is over and now the advance will begin.

Going forward seems like retreat.

Brooklyn is kind of my writer's retreat.

Dont retreat. Retweet!

Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility.

No retreat. No retreat. They must conquer or die who've no retreat.

It was the same with the whole Russian machine. Fear was the impulse. For them it was always safer to advance than retreat. Advance against the enemy and the bullet might miss you. Retreat, evade, betray and the bullet would never miss.

Basically, I feel to spend the rest of my life doing retreat.

Die, but do not retreat.

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