I, Philip Kearny, an old soldier, enter my solemn protest against this order for retreat..

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

Don't fret, Grannie. We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her.

When there is no possibility of retreat, we will find the innovation that only the liminal situation can bring. In short, we find the faith of leap..

There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later..

If literature survives at all, it is as retreat for those who refuse to assimilate to American mass culture..

When the corpses are cleared no new order will emerge. Power, society, relationships, will descend in all their confusion on a new generation. The ol….

We are not going back. Not only are we not going to retreat on women's rights, we are going to expand them. We are going forward, not backward..

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention..

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

Certain gardens are described as retreats when they are really attacks..

If you do not leave this pasturage, Saladin will come and attack you here. And if you retreat from this attack the shame and reproach will be very gr….

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

A masterful retreat is itself a victory..

Going forward seems like retreat..

He who retreats lives longer..

That saint who advances on his knees never retreats..

I still go to a Christian priory for retreats..

A tactical retreat is not a bad response to a surprise assault, you know. First you survive. Then you choose your own ground. Then you counterattack..

Braving obstacles and hardships is braver than retreat to tranquility..

Masterly retreat is in itself a victory..