Retreating Quotes

51 quotes by 48 authors

President Obama is determined that our foreign and national security policies not play into al-Qa'ida's strategy or its warped ideology. Al-Qa'ida seeks to terrorize us… — John O. Brennan
One time or another we all face adversity's chilling wind. One man flees from it, and like an unresisting kite falls to the ground. Another… — David O. McKay
We are not retreating, we are advancing in another direction. We sleep safely in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to… — George Orwell
Retreat, hell! We're not retreating, we're just advancing in a different direction. — Oliver P. Smith
Whenever you feel uncomfortable, instead of retreating back into your old comfort zone, pat yourself on the back and say, "I must be growing," and… — T. Harv Eker
Go with the pain, let it take you. Open your palms and your body to the pain. It comes in waves like the tide and… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
In a very real sense, therefore, advocacy of the doctrine of continuity [i.e evolutionism] has always necessitated on retreat from pure empiricism [i.e., logic an… — Michael Denton
Now is not the time to shrink from the challenge of saving our only home in the universe. Now is not the time to pull… — Van Jones
Few of us are satisfied with retreating from the world and just working on ourselves. We want our training to manifest and to be of… — Pema Chodron
The progress of the Way seems retreating. — Laozi
I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating. — Mark Twain
The only way I have ever understood, broken free, emerged, healed, forgiven, flourished, and grown powerful is by asking the hardest questions and then living… — Sue Monk Kidd
RIGHTEOUS INDIGNATION is a manual and a call to action for awakened patriots who are too intelligent to believe the leftist media lies and distortions...… — Sarah Palin
For a long time Christianity has sewn its teachings into the fabric of Western culture. That was a good thing â€¦. But the season of… — R. R. Reno
In college, I faced an interesting problem. I wanted to play music all the time and yet I wasn't ready for anyone to hear it.… — Kina Grannis
Seeing that the Senses cannot decide our dispute, being themselves full of uncertainty, we must have recourse to Reason; there is no reason but must… — Michel de Montaigne
We should be most careful about retreating from the specific challenge of our age. We should be reluctant to turn our back upon the frontier… — James A. Michener
Let me lose everything on earth and the world beyond, but let me not lose what I'm craving for, let it be that i died… — Michael Bassey
Moving between the legs of tables and of chairs, rising or falling, grasping at kisses and toys, advancing boldly, sudden to take alarm, retreating to… — Thomas Stearns Eliot
We are not retreating - we are advancing in another direction. — Douglas MacArthur

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