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title: "Famous Surrender Proverbs"
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> [Love is easy. But it's also hard when people are afraid to let go of control and completely surrender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celine-song/love-is-easy-but-it-s-also-hard-when-people-are-afraid-to-let-go-of/)

[Celine Song](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celine-song/)

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> [“You want something real bad? Go after it with ferocity like if your life depended on it and never ever surrender. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ziad-k-abdelnour/you-want-something-real-bad-go-after-it-with-ferocity-like-if-your/)

[Ziad K. Abdelnour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ziad-k-abdelnour/)

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> [I surrender to the Monster. What pleasure at last to give way to the strongest force in oneself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-webster/i-surrender-to-the-monster-what-pleasure-at-last-to-give-way-to-the/)

[Barry Webster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-webster/)

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> [Sanctification is not by surrender, but by divinely enabled toil and effort.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-deyoung/sanctification-is-not-by-surrender-but-by-divinely-enabled-toil-and/)

[Kevin DeYoung](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-deyoung/)

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> [Don't go empty handed when going to a temple or to see a spiritual master. Offer something as a symbol of surrender,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mata-amritanandamayi/don-t-go-empty-handed-when-going-to-a-temple-or-to-see-a-spiritual/)

[Mata Amritanandamayi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mata-amritanandamayi/)

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> [We do not gain or surrender our personhood as we age. We live one life from conception to death.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-j-knowles/we-do-not-gain-or-surrender-our-personhood-as-we-age-we-live-one-life/)

[Michael J. Knowles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-j-knowles/)

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> [I literally was on my knees and I said, 'Jesus, I surrender myself to you. Take care of everything.' And He did.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-roumie/i-literally-was-on-my-knees-and-i-said-jesus-i-surrender-myself-to/)

[Jonathan Roumie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-roumie/)

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> [To love all ages yield surrender; But to the young it's raptures bring A blessing bountiful and tender- As storms refresh the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-pushkin/to-love-all-ages-yield-surrender-but-to-the-young-it-s-raptures-bring/)

[Alexander Pushkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-pushkin/)

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> [It was necessary to bluff the Japanese camp commanders, with whatever authority I could muster, that I had come officially to ensure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wilfred-burchett/it-was-necessary-to-bluff-the-japanese-camp-commanders-with-whatever/)

[Wilfred Burchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wilfred-burchett/)

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> [It (modern philosophy) certainly exacts a surrender of all supernaturalism and fixed dogma and rigid institutionalism with which Christianity has been historically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-dewey/it-modern-philosophy-certainly-exacts-a-surrender-of-all/)

[John Dewey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-dewey/)

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> [Freethinkers reject faith as a valid tool of knowledge. Faith is the opposite of reason because reason imposes very strict limits on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-barker/freethinkers-reject-faith-as-a-valid-tool-of-knowledge-faith-is-the/)

[Dan Barker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-barker/)

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> [I thought cryptography was a technique that did not require your trusting other people-that if you encrypted your files, you would have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/whitfield-diffie/i-thought-cryptography-was-a-technique-that-did-not-require-your/)

[Whitfield Diffie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/whitfield-diffie/)

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> [Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/always-say-yes-to-the-present-moment-surrender-to-what-is-say-yes-to/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [“To choose surrender is to choose something better than control, better than the perfectly manicured life. To choose surrender and all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diane-comer/to-choose-surrender-is-to-choose-something-better-than-control-better/)

Diane Comer

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> [That first year after a child, I kind of just hunker down at home - I surrender to that side of me.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carrie-anne-moss/that-first-year-after-a-child-i-kind-of-just-hunker-down-at-home-i/)

[Carrie-Anne Moss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carrie-anne-moss/)

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> [“He held up his hands in surrender. “I’m not here to start trouble. I am just doing some research for my thesis.”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-fortunato/he-held-up-his-hands-in-surrender-i-m-not-here-to-start-trouble-i-am/)

[Jessica Fortunato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-fortunato/)

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> [Faith is the surrender of the mind, it's the surrender of reason, it's the surrender of the only thing that makes us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-hitchens/faith-is-the-surrender-of-the-mind-it-s-the-surrender-of-reason-it-s-2/)

[Christopher Hitchens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-hitchens/)

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> [Do not be surprised if you fall every day and do not surrender. Stand your ground bravely and you may be sure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-climacus/do-not-be-surprised-if-you-fall-every-day-and-do-not-surrender-stand/)

[John Climacus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-climacus/)

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> [You'll come back, because yours is an error of knowledge, not a moral failure, not an act of surrender to evil, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/you-ll-come-back-because-yours-is-an-error-of-knowledge-not-a-moral/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [...I suddenly felt in myself all the weight of Europe: the weight of deliberate purpose in all our actions. I thought to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/muhammad-asad/i-suddenly-felt-in-myself-all-the-weight-of-europe-the-weight-of/)

[Muhammad Asad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/muhammad-asad/)

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> [Any real change implies the breakup of the world as one has always known it, the loss of all that gave one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-a-baldwin/any-real-change-implies-the-breakup-of-the-world-as-one-has-always-3/)

[James A. Baldwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-a-baldwin/)

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> [It requires courage not to surrender oneself to the ingenious or compassionate counsels of despair that would induce a man to eliminate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-requires-courage-not-to-surrender-oneself-to-the-ingenious-or/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [I was watching the TV broadcasts interviewing people stranded at airports for days on end, losing their holidays, their important business meetings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zygmunt-bauman/i-was-watching-the-tv-broadcasts-interviewing-people-stranded-at/)

[Zygmunt Bauman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zygmunt-bauman/)

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> [“Abiding means letting everything be as it already is – no matter what it is. If you're feeling good, let that be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/abiding-means-letting-everything-be-as-it-already-is-no-matter-what/)

[Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/)

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> [Surrender is not a weakness it is strength.It takes tremendous strength to surrender life to the supreme - to the cosmic unfolding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mooji/surrender-is-not-a-weakness-it-is-strength-it-takes-tremendous/)

[Mooji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mooji/)

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> [Sometimes women are so great and powerful, but then they surrender to these vain things. They kind of fall for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lykke-li/sometimes-women-are-so-great-and-powerful-but-then-they-surrender-to/)

[Lykke Li](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lykke-li/)

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> [Shakespeare alternated between musical surrenders to social prestige and magnificent fits of poetic remorse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-riding/shakespeare-alternated-between-musical-surrenders-to-social-prestige/)

[Laura Riding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-riding/)

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> [The devil would gladly give a Bible to every man and promote obedience to its commands if in exchange we would surrender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-washer/the-devil-would-gladly-give-a-bible-to-every-man-and-promote/)

[Paul Washer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-washer/)

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> [“Listen through your screams to the wind still whispering: Don't give up -- Surrender!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-ganther/listen-through-your-screams-to-the-wind-still-whispering-don-t-give/)

Eric Ganther

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> [Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will - the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-leigh-demoss/brokenness-is-the-shattering-of-my-self-will-the-absolute-surrender-2/)

[Nancy Leigh DeMoss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-leigh-demoss/)

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> [nations decay from within more often than they surrender to outward assault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-glasgow/nations-decay-from-within-more-often-than-they-surrender-to-outward/)

[Ellen Glasgow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-glasgow/)

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> [“She had the hard, half-apathetic expression of one who deems anything possible at the hands of time and chance, except perhaps fair…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/she-had-the-hard-half-apathetic-expression-of-one-who-deems-anything/)

[Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/)

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> [Strength is found in weakness. Control is found in dependency. Power is found in surrender.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dan-b-allender/strength-is-found-in-weakness-control-is-found-in-dependency-power-is/)

[Dan B. Allender](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dan-b-allender/)

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> [I do, indeed, close my door at times and surrender myself to a book, but only because I can open the door…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-buber/i-do-indeed-close-my-door-at-times-and-surrender-myself-to-a-book-but/)

[Martin Buber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-buber/)

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> [“I did not want to fight. I wanted to surrender, because surrender was the greater part of courage.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-jae-jones/i-did-not-want-to-fight-i-wanted-to-surrender-because-surrender-was/)

[S. Jae-Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-jae-jones/)

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> [We claim no respectability. There's no status I would not surrender for a joke. So we don't have to defend anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-colbert/we-claim-no-respectability-there-s-no-status-i-would-not-surrender/)

[Stephen Colbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-colbert/)

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> [Since I surrender myself to the director, it is important for me to trust him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jisshu-sengupta/since-i-surrender-myself-to-the-director-it-is-important-for-me-to/)

[Jisshu Sengupta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jisshu-sengupta/)

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> [The more willing you are to surrender to the energy within you, the more power can flow through you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shakti-gawain/the-more-willing-you-are-to-surrender-to-the-energy-within-you-the/)

[Shakti Gawain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shakti-gawain/)

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> [“We think it’s weak to surrender, but sometimes it’s the bravest thing we can possibly do.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toni-sorenson/we-think-it-s-weak-to-surrender-but-sometimes-it-s-the-bravest-thing/)

[Toni Sorenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toni-sorenson/)

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> [“No government will ever surrender to the wishes of its people. No society will ever be free from the control of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neamat-imam/no-government-will-ever-surrender-to-the-wishes-of-its-people-no/)

[Neamat Imam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neamat-imam/)

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