--- title: "Inspiring Surrender Words" description: "Browse 1,979 Surrender quotes by 1,243 authors. Discover the best Surrender sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/franklin-d-roosevelt-488_attitude_i-think-that-both-here-and-in-england-th_161639.jpg" --- > [I think that both here and in England there are two schools of thought--those who would be altruistic in regard to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franklin-d-roosevelt/i-think-that-both-here-and-in-england-there-are-two-schools-of/) [Franklin D. Roosevelt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franklin-d-roosevelt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/franklin-d-roosevelt-488_attitude_i-think-that-both-here-and-in-england-th_161639.jpg) > [In the year that I take off, I don't have any goals. I just surrender to experiences like traveling or learning yoga…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karan-bajaj/in-the-year-that-i-take-off-i-don-t-have-any-goals-i-just-surrender/) [Karan Bajaj](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karan-bajaj/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57d/karan-bajaj-14774_bhutan_in-the-year-that-i-take-off-i-don-t-have_1004799.jpg) > [It is this nothingness (in solitude) that I have to face in my solitude, a nothingness so dreadful that everything in me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-this-nothingness-in-solitude-that-i-have-to-face-in-my-solitude/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/27f/anonymous-1_believe_it-is-this-nothingness-in-solitude-that_189654.jpg) > [“This is my prayer to thee, my lord - strike, strike at the root of penury in my heart. Give me the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rabindranath-tagore/this-is-my-prayer-to-thee-my-lord-strike-strike-at-the-root-of-penury/) [Rabindranath Tagore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rabindranath-tagore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/359/rabindranath-tagore-383_bears_this-is-my-prayer-to-thee-my-lord-strike_2571040.jpg) > [“Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. The only place where you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/surrender-is-the-simple-but-profound-wisdom-of-yielding-to-rather-2/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5f/eckhart-tolle-81_life_surrender-is-the-simple-but-profound-wis_2045952.jpg) > [The fact that there could be an ISIS West Bank, the fact that the Palestinian government in Gaza doesn't even acknowledge Israel's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brooks/the-fact-that-there-could-be-an-isis-west-bank-the-fact-that-the/) [David Brooks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brooks/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e55/david-brooks-644_acknowledge_the-fact-that-there-could-be-an-isis-wes_2771600.jpg) > [We think there is a knowledge or practice or surrender is needed that will close an imagined or felt gap, and allow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mooji/we-think-there-is-a-knowledge-or-practice-or-surrender-is-needed-that/) [Mooji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mooji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c1e/mooji-1987_concepts_we-think-there-is-a-knowledge-or-practic_1681974.png) > [You don't need to suffer anymore. You've suffered enough to take you to this point where you hear the words, "You don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/you-don-t-need-to-suffer-anymore-you-ve-suffered-enough-to-take-you/) [Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/eckhart-tolle-81_arise_you-don-t-need-to-suffer-anymore-you-ve_704351.jpg) > [“When we surrender, we allow the universe to work its magic; we say yes to infinite possibilities; we trust that things will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/davidji/when-we-surrender-we-allow-the-universe-to-work-its-magic-we-say-yes/) [davidji](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/davidji/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/davidji-40221_infinite-possibiliti_when-we-surrender-we-allow-the-universe_2877955.jpg) > [“One real danger in love relationships is that most people secretly believe that they must control the love object in order to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christopher-s-hyatt/one-real-danger-in-love-relationships-is-that-most-people-secretly/) [Christopher S. Hyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christopher-s-hyatt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/121/christopher-s-hyatt-49323_1991_one-real-danger-in-love-relationships-is_2985667.jpg) > [If a man surrenders all power of self-determination in regard to the profits, management or ownership of the place where he works,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fulton-j-sheen/if-a-man-surrenders-all-power-of-self-determination-in-regard-to-the/) [Fulton J. Sheen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fulton-j-sheen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aea/fulton-j-sheen-675_capacity_if-a-man-surrenders-all-power-of-self-de_2913536.png) > [For me, life is about continuously being hungry. It's meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schwarzenegger/for-me-life-is-about-continuously-being-hungry-it-s-meaning-is-not/) [Arnold Schwarzenegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schwarzenegger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac3/arnold-schwarzenegger-657_achieve_for-me-life-is-about-continuously-being_1724154.jpg) > [Twin primes: pairs of prime numbers that are close to each other, almost neighbors, but between them there is always an even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paolo-giordano/twin-primes-pairs-of-prime-numbers-that-are-close-to-each-other/) [Paolo Giordano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paolo-giordano/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/paolo-giordano-4023_ciphers_twin-primes-pairs-of-prime-numbers-that_230594.jpg) > [It seems to me, that this, too, is how memory works. What we remember of what was done to us shapes our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-walker/it-seems-to-me-that-this-too-is-how-memory-works-what-we-remember-of/) [Rebecca Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/926/rebecca-walker-38476_done_it-seems-to-me-that-this-too-is-how-memo_276832.png) > [When virtue is pictured as innocence and innocence equated with childlikeness, the implication is obviously that knowledge and experience are no longer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-warner/when-virtue-is-pictured-as-innocence-and-innocence-equated-with/) [Marina Warner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-warner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e7/marina-warner-10971_augustine_when-virtue-is-pictured-as-innocence-and_999394.jpg) > [Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-gibbs/runners-exalt-the-marathon-as-a-public-test-of-private-will-when/) [Nancy Gibbs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-gibbs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/134/nancy-gibbs-2206_cheer_runners-exalt-the-marathon-as-a-public-t_1053056.png) > [“No, there's fifteen francs somewhere, which nobody gives a damn about anymore and which nobody is going to get in the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-miller/no-there-s-fifteen-francs-somewhere-which-nobody-gives-a-damn-about/) [Henry Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-miller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d5/henry-miller-179_behave_no-there-s-fifteen-francs-somewhere-whic_2974074.jpg) > [“As he entered her, as the piston of lovemaking grew slick with her clear oils, she thought about being crushed to death…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dean-koontz/as-he-entered-her-as-the-piston-of-lovemaking-grew-slick-with-her/) [Dean Koontz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dean-koontz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3e2/dean-koontz-118_death-wish_as-he-entered-her-as-the-piston-of-lovem_1632847.jpg) > [By directing our sentiments, passions, and reason toward the common human plight, imagination grants us the advantages of a moralexistence. 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This is an idea, a thought that will keep you searching forever for some blissful experience that will last - no experience lasts. Who is watching this? Don't try to imagine it. You will only create another concept an imagined object and a lot frustration. 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You've suffered enough to take you to this point where you hear the words, \"You don't need to suffer anymore,\" and you understand them. You recognize their truth and you then see that you do have a choice ­ that you can surrender to the suchness of now, which means every moment to relinquish resistance and if it still arises, to recognize it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Eckhart Tolle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/you-don-t-need-to-suffer-anymore-you-ve-suffered-enough-to-take-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/eckhart-tolle-81_arise_you-don-t-need-to-suffer-anymore-you-ve_704351.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/eckhart-tolle-81_arise_you-don-t-need-to-suffer-anymore-you-ve_704351.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8c5/eckhart-tolle-81_arise_you-don-t-need-to-suffer-anymore-you-ve_704351.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You don't need to suffer anymore. 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It's meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. We all have great power. That power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. 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