74 Quotes About Retreat

...I retreat into my fictional world where everything makes sense - but even there I can't even control what people do...

To fall is not to fail. To fail is to never fall because I never got up in the first place.

It is foolishness to think that you can leave a place your heart never left.

When someone puts an end to something, it doesn't mean that he gave up, it means that thing is not taking him anywhere.

If I'm on the 'short-end of the stick', there's a really good chance that it was my shortness of vision that put me there.

Comfort is a stance of avoidance rather than the pursuit of excellence.

How many times have I told them that I’m enjoying life and finally taking my time? While in reality, it’s actually time that’s taking me, bit by bit, like the cruel tide gnawing at the cliffside. Retirement, my ass! More like a retreat from life!

Be bold in life. Seize the moment. There is no surrender, no retreat. There is only conquer or be conquered, victory or defeat. Anything less is to be forgotten to history.

What I’ve deemed as impossible is more the fiction I’ve created to avoid the failure I fear.