#retreat

The heroes of the present will retreat to the imitation they are anyhow. ↗

— Charles Olson

#heroes #imitation #present #retreat #will

Staying silent is like a slow growing cancer to the soul and a trait of a true coward. There is nothing intelligent about not standing up for yourself. You may not win every battle. However, everyone will at least know what you stood for—YOU. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#coward #enemies #fearful #low-self-esteem #retreat

Sometimes, things can happen in life that you didn't plan for. All you can do now is suck it up and start mapping out a new plan. ↗

— Colleen Hoover

#life

I think a lot of Hollywood is in retreat right now trying to figure out how to make money and make the safest bets. ↗

— Judd Apatow

#figure #hollywood #how #i #i think

Books, I found, had the power to make time stand still, retreat or fly into the future. ↗

— Jim Bishop

#fly #found #future #had #i

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

— Benjamin Jowett

#explain #get #howl #never #never explain

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

— Philip Kearny

#enter #i #old #order #philip

We expected that people were just waiting for the collapse of the Soviet Union, or at least for its retreat, and they were going to be full of initiative in all areas of life - in culture, in economy and in politics. ↗

— Andrzej Wajda

#collapse #culture #economy #expected #full

I'm hosting weekend retreats all over America. It is like a 24-hour slumber party for moms. We laugh, eat, play games, get massages, win prizes, talk about parenting and even cry a bit. ↗

— Lisa Whelchel

#america #bit #cry #eat #even

It is madness to attempt to hold. In the first place the troops cannot do it and in the second place if they do not retreat they will be destroyed. I repeat that this order be rescinded or that you find someone else. ↗

— Gerd von Rundstedt

#cannot #destroyed #else #find #first