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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

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.

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.

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.