74 Quotes About Retreat

Life is riotously oblivious to the concept of ‘giving up’. Rather, it’s only the forlorn muse of our frightened intellect that causes us to ‘pack it up’ when life is ‘picking it up’.

Diversions and detours of our grandest designs only serve to bolster our need to be in the places that we’re vigorously trying to walk away from.

Too often I’ve decided not to decide for fear that deciding might be a bad decision. But that decision is based on the rant of fear verses the whisper of wisdom.

While it may seem incomprehensible to many, the path to victory is often achieved by understanding that surrender, rightly timed and wisely executed, is what positions situations for victory in a manner that we could not otherwise coerce.

A lion will only retreat if you stare it in the eyes; likewise, so will fear.

The darkness makes everything disappear but it makes nothing go away.

The land is always there...it is you who has to return

He who advances without seeking fame,Who retreats without escaping blame,He whose one aim is to protect his people and serve his lord,The man is a jewel of the Realm

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