Retreat Quotes

• It is also a victory to know when to retreat.

  Erno Paasilinna

  Victory, Knows

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  Within you there is a stillness and sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself

  Hermann Hesse

  Positive, Being Yourself, Time

  Hermann Hesse (2015). “Siddhartha: An Indian Tale”, p.56, Om Books International

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• Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Philosophical, Inspiration, Being Alone

  c. AD 170-180 Meditations, bk.4, no.3 (translated by M Staniforth).

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• Let love lead your soul. Make it a place to retire to, a kind of monastery cave, a retreat for the deepest core of your being.

  Farid al-Din Attar

  Love, Life, Soul

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• Part of the happiness of life consists not in fighting battles, but in avoiding them. A masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Happiness, Adversity, Fighting

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

  John Oates

  Strikes, Knows

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• I remember to breathe throughout the day. I remind myself that I can choose peace, no matter what is going on around me. Whenever I desire, I can retreat to that quiet place within simply by closing my eyes.

  Doreen Virtue

  Eye, Desire, Matter

  FaceBook post by Doreen Virtue from Dec 30, 2012

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• Masterly retreat is in itself a victory.

  Norman Vincent Peale

  Leadership, Victory

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• He who retreats lives longer.

  Michael Scott

  Michael Scott (2012). “The First Codex”, p.219, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

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• That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.

  Aphra Behn

  Perfect, Faithful, Library

  Aphra Behn (2016). “Delphi Complete Works of Aphra Behn (Illustrated)”, p.2628, Delphi Classics

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

  Oliver P. Smith

  Military, Different, Hell

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

  George W. Bush

  Ministry, Difficulty, Response

  United Nations General Assembly Address, delivered 21 September 2004, New York, NY

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• 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.

  William Lloyd Garrison

  Justice, Excuse, Harsh

  The Liberator, 1 Jan. 1831 (first issue)

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• There is only one way left to escape the alienation of present day society: to retreat ahead of it.

  Roland Barthes

  Society, Way, Alienation

  "Political Culture and Public Opinion". Book by Roland Barthes, p.175, January 1, 1989.

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

  Dov Davidoff

  World, Spirit, Appreciated

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• Everything you say; every thought you entertain; and everything you do has a direction, which serves as an advance or a retreat in respect to your pursuit of excellence. Everything, regardless of size or intent, has bottom-line consequences; therefore, everything counts - this is the golden rule of excellence.

  Gary Ryan

  Excellence, Lines, Golden

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• Build your opponent a golden bridge to retreat across.

  Sun Tzu

  War, Bridges, Opponents

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• Follow me if I advance, kill me if I retreat, avenge me if I die.

  Mary Matalin

  Leadership, History, Follow Me

  Mary Matalin, James Carville, Peter Knobler (1995). “All's Fair: "Love, War and Running for President"”, p.7, Simon and Schuster

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• Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to cut all sources of retreat. Only by doing so can one be sure of maintaining that state of mind known as a burning desire to win - essential to success.

  Napoleon Hill

  Inspirational, Motivational, Softball

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.28, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• Never retreat. Never explain. Get it done and let them howl.

  Benjamin Jowett

  Life, Beautiful, Work

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• I believe we have made a decision now that will permit us to create an economic order in the world that will promote more growth, more equality, better preservation of the environment, and a greater possibility of world peace, we are on the verge of a global economic expansion that is sparked by the fact that the United States at this critical moment decided that we would compete, not retreat.

  William J. Clinton

  Peace, Believe, Order

  William J. Clinton “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1993, Bk. 2, August 1 to December 31, 1993”, Government Printing Office

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• Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

  Oscar Wilde

  Funny, Marriage, Sarcastic

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• It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat.

  Fiorello H. La Guardia

  Bridges, Differences, Quitting

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• Cows are my passion. What I have ever sighed for has been to retreat to a Swiss farm, and live entirely surrounded by cows - and china.

  Charles Dickens

  Passion, Agriculture, Literature

  Charles Dickens (2016). “Dombey and Son”, p.292, Xist Publishing

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• Right before I decided to come out, I went on a spiritual retreat called 'Changing the Inner Dialogue of Your Subconscious Mind.' I'd never been to anything like it before, and all my friends were taking bets on how long I'd last with no TV, no radio, no phone. But for me that was the beginning of paying attention to all the little things.

  Ellen DeGeneres

  Spiritual, Phones, Long

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