Retreats Quotes

53 quotes by 47 authors

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats. — Dick Cheney
The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace, whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for… — Sun Tzu
As down in the sunless retreats of the ocean Sweet flowers are springing no mortal can see, So deep in my soul the still prayer… — Charles Lamb
Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor. — Christopher Hart
Roots of the weed sucked first life from the genesis of earth and hold the essence of it still. Always the weed returns; the cultured… — Beryl Markham
No reserves. No retreats. No regrets. — William Whiting Borden
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
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:… — Janice Rogers Brown
I still go to a Christian priory for retreats. — Lionel Blue
Any Christian constitutionalist who retreats from this battle jeopardizes his life here and hereafter. Seldom has so much responsibility hung on so few, so heavily;… — Ezra Taft Benson
That saint who advances on his knees never retreats... — Jim Elliot
When the enemy advances, withdraw; when he stops, harass; when he tires, strike; when he retreats, pursue. — Mao Zedong
Man must be able to escape civilization if he is to survive. Some of his greatest needs are for refuges and retreats where he can… — William O. Douglas
The theist and the scientist are rival interpreters of nature, the one retreats as the other advances. — Joseph McCabe
The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips. — Taiye Selasi
If economic catastrophe does come, will it be a time that draws Christians together to share every resource we have, or will it drive us… — Randy Alcorn
Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks. — Ian Hamilton Finlay
When pride retreats from a man, humility begins to dwell in him, and the more pride is diminished, so much more does humility grow. The… — Tikhon of Zadonsk
The enemy advances, we retreat; the enemy camps, we harass; the enemy tires, we attack; the enemy retreats, we pursue — Mao Zedong
Every morning, after a few sips of coffee and a bit of small talk, each of us retreats with our books, and travels centuries away… — Yxta Maya Murray

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