Best Retreat Sayings

372 Retreat quotes by 311 unique authors

I don't feel the need for religion. But I went on a yoga retreat last year and I do believe slightly in the karma thing… — Imelda Staunton
Take possession of the air, submit the elements, penetrate the last redoubts of nature, make space retreat, make death retreat. — Romain Rolland
No reserves. No retreats. No regrets. — William Whiting Borden
Perfectionism, no less than isolationism or imperialism or power politics, may obstruct the paths to international peace. Let us not forget that the retreat to… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
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. — Charles R. Swindoll
In this Revolution no plans have been written for retreat. — Martin Luther
What is wrong with looking muscular? Muscles are beautiful. Strength is beautiful. Muscle tissue is beautiful. It is metabolically, medically, and philosophically beautiful. Muscles retreat… — Natalie Angier
We've made too many compromises already; too many retreats. They invade our space and we fall back. They assimilate entire worlds and we fall back.… — Patrick Stewart
I decided to lock myself in. A forced segregation. Sabbatical. A retreat into myself. My selves. Play hide and go seek in the looking-glass. The… — Lydia Lunch
I knew I was in the vicinity of a serious lesson, if not about how to live life, then at least how to put some… — Sam Lipsyte
Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is:… — Unknown Author
In order to obtain the goal of returning to Palestine, all of us sometimes have to grit our teeth. But it is forbidden that this… — Yasser Arafat
The alternatives [to the stimulus packages] were to do nothing or, worse, effectively replicate the Premiers' Plan of 1931 when governments cut expenditure, thereby compounding… — Kevin Rudd
All over the world, as governments retreat from their traditional duty to foster the common good and reconceive of themselves as mere managers of national… — J M Coetzee
Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment. — Andre Maurois
Fence straddlers have no balls. In compensation, however, they enjoy a comfortable seat and can retreat swiftly, when danger threatens, to either side of the… — Edward Abbey
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… — Ian Fleming
In our Ashrams of East and West, places of spiritual retreat, we begin with what we call "The Morning of the Open Heart," in which… — E. Stanley Jones
I still go to a Christian priory for retreats. — Lionel Blue
I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of… — George Washington
Remember the high board at the swimming pool? After days of looking up at it you finally climbed the wet steps to the platform. From… — Richard Bach
Prayer is repeating the victor's name (Jesus) into the ears of Satan and insisting on his retreat. — S. D Gordon
A place of solitude offers a retreat from the opposing forces and diverse demands of living, an entry into a state of peace and unity.… — Anthony Lawlor
These acts of mass murder were intended to frighten our nation into chaos and retreat.But they have failed; our country is strong. — George W. Bush
The terrorist attacks on September the 11th were a turning point for our nation. We saw the goals of a determined enemy: to expand the… — George W. Bush

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