--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: To keep under, that is to submit. The…" description: "\"“To keep under, that is to submit. The Soul can submit to God at the time when it can send itself under the power and authority and dominion that God h..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/barbara-hughes-79434_time_to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul_880688.jpg" --- # To keep under, that is to submit. The Soul can submit to… ![“To keep under, that is to submit. The Soul can submit to God at the time when it can send itself under the power and authority and dominion that God has over it.” quote by Barbara Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/barbara-hughes-79434_time_to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul_880688.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/barbara-hughes-79434_time_to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul_880688.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/barbara-hughes-79434_time_to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul_880688.jpg) > ““To keep under, that is to submit. The Soul can submit to God at the time when it can send itself under the power and authority and dominion that God has over it.”” Barbara Hughes ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Describes true submission as willingly aligning one’s soul under divine authority when ready. **In simple terms:** Submit to God when prepared, trusting His authority. Key Takeaway Seek readiness before surrender. Themes spirituality submission divine authority inner readiness trust Mood contemplative hopeful Type spiritual inspirational When to use this quote - prayer - meditation - spiritual counseling - personal reflection Key Concepts Theology personal growth mindfulness Questions to Reflect On - When are you ready to submit to higher guidance? - How does readiness affect spiritual growth? A Different Perspective May ignore personal agency. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Authority](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/) [Time](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/time/) ## Related quotes > [The truth is, if we don't learn to submit to authority, we won't ever learn to submit to God.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/the-truth-is-if-we-don-t-learn-to-submit-to-authority-we-won-t-ever/) [Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/) > [“Do not let anyone or anything have dominion over you but God." Stanley R. Hall”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-van-volkenburgh/do-not-let-anyone-or-anything-have-dominion-over-you-but-god-stanley/) [Susan Van Volkenburgh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-van-volkenburgh/) > [The urge to dominion is God-given and is basic to the nature of man. An aspect of this dominion is property.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rousas-john-rushdoony/the-urge-to-dominion-is-god-given-and-is-basic-to-the-nature-of-man/) [Rousas John Rushdoony](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rousas-john-rushdoony/) > [Our assignment is to see the dominion of God realized into people's lives. It is not an overpowering control, it is a life-giving, liberating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-johnson/our-assignment-is-to-see-the-dominion-of-god-realized-into-people-s/) [Bill Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-johnson/) > [But God has to be given permission to work in this earth realm on behalf of man. You are in control! So if man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederick-k-c-price/but-god-has-to-be-given-permission-to-work-in-this-earth-realm-on/) [Frederick K. C. Price](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederick-k-c-price/) > ['God' is a relative word and has a respect to servants, and 'Deity' is the dominion of God, not over his own body, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-newton/god-is-a-relative-word-and-has-a-respect-to-servants-and-deity-is-the/) [Isaac Newton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-newton/) > [When we submit to God's plans, we can trust our desires. Our assignment is found at the intersection of God's plan and our pleasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-lucado/when-we-submit-to-god-s-plans-we-can-trust-our-desires-our-assignment/) [Max Lucado](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-lucado/) > [“No one can tell how God worketh. His ways are very mysterious. It may be that the things which we call evil are good,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/no-one-can-tell-how-god-worketh-his-ways-are-very-mysterious-it-may/) [Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/) > [So though there are many things I would have done differently, I submit to God's sovereignty and His purpose in my life and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-d-jakes/so-though-there-are-many-things-i-would-have-done-differently-i/) [T. D. Jakes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-d-jakes/) > [“only when mankind would submit to the One God who created all—only then would mankind even approach the “peace” of which so much talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-x/only-when-mankind-would-submit-to-the-one-god-who-created-all-only/) [Malcolm X](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-x/) > [Submit all you do to God Jesus Christ ,for when you submit yourselves unto God He will save you away from the eternal fire..](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/submit-all-you-do-to-god-jesus-christ-for-when-you-submit-yourselves/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“James, Chapter Four, seventh verse… 'Submit yourself therefore to God, wherefore he saieth resist the Devil and he will flee from you.' ”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/douglas-hensley/james-chapter-four-seventh-verse-submit-yourself-therefore-to-god/) Douglas Hensley > [“When you submit yourself to God and obey Him, you allow Him to do what He desires in your life. You make it possible…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jim-george/when-you-submit-yourself-to-god-and-obey-him-you-allow-him-to-do-what/) [Jim George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jim-george/) > [“Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/submit-to-god-and-be-at-peace-with-him-in-this-way-prosperity-will-2/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Submit to God and be at peace with him; in this way prosperity will come to you.” JOB 22:21”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-vincent-peale/submit-to-god-and-be-at-peace-with-him-in-this-way-prosperity-will/) [Norman Vincent Peale](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-vincent-peale/) ## More by Barbara Hughes > [“Let it be the one business of my life to glorify Thee by every word of my tongue, by every work of my hand,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-hughes/let-it-be-the-one-business-of-my-life-to-glorify-thee-by-every-word/) Barbara Hughes > [“The message of the Bible is clear: Jesus Christ is Lord! It’s a fact. Bringing our lives into submission to His will in everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-hughes/the-message-of-the-bible-is-clear-jesus-christ-is-lord-it-s-a-fact/) Barbara Hughes Explore all 3 Barbara Hughes quotes ## More Authority quotes > [I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-arkin/i-don-t-believe-in-competitions-between-artists-this-is-insane-who/) [Alan Arkin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-arkin/) > [Islam never differentiates between men and women as regards political rights and puts them on an equal footing. However, even if a woman is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yusuf-al-qaradawi/islam-never-differentiates-between-men-and-women-as-regards-political/) [Yusuf al-Qaradawi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yusuf-al-qaradawi/) > [I think people need to be comfortable questioning the authority of a doctor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susannah-cahalan/i-think-people-need-to-be-comfortable-questioning-the-authority-of-a/) [Susannah Cahalan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susannah-cahalan/) > [At a distance, we cannot conceive of the authority of a despot who knows all his subjects on sight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/at-a-distance-we-cannot-conceive-of-the-authority-of-a-despot-who/) [Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/) > [Throughout human history, as our species has faced the frightening, terrorizing fact that we do not know who we are, or where we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/timothy-leary/throughout-human-history-as-our-species-has-faced-the-frightening/) [Timothy Leary](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/timothy-leary/) > [“I'm of the age and immaturity level that I cannot give you my respect solely because you are older or ranked higher on an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erica-goros/i-m-of-the-age-and-immaturity-level-that-i-cannot-give-you-my-respect/) [Erica Goros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erica-goros/) > [In the end theologians are jealous of science, for they are aware that it has greater authority than do their own ways of finding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-a-coyne/in-the-end-theologians-are-jealous-of-science-for-they-are-aware-that/) [Jerry A. Coyne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-a-coyne/) > [Every wife ought to answer for her man. If the husband be engaged in a seditious club, or drinks mysterious healths, or be frugal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-addison/every-wife-ought-to-answer-for-her-man-if-the-husband-be-engaged-in-a/) [Joseph Addison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-addison/) > [Miracles are like candles lit up until the sun rises, and then blown out. Therefore, I am amused when I hear sects and churches…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/miracles-are-like-candles-lit-up-until-the-sun-rises-and-then-blown/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) > [The execution was set for the 29th of March, at nine in the morning. This delay was due to a desire on the part…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jorge-luis-borges/the-execution-was-set-for-the-29th-of-march-at-nine-in-the-morning/) [Jorge Luis Borges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jorge-luis-borges/) > [I started with the belief that every person who came to the laboratory was free to accept or to reject the dictates of authority.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanley-milgram/i-started-with-the-belief-that-every-person-who-came-to-the/) [Stanley Milgram](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanley-milgram/) > [The rationale which accompanies that imposition of male authority euphemistically referred to as 'the battle of the sexes' bears a certain resemblance to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kate-millett/the-rationale-which-accompanies-that-imposition-of-male-authority/) [Kate Millett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kate-millett/) > [“We are at the mercy of whoever wields authority over the things we either desire or detest. If you would be free, then, do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/epictetus/we-are-at-the-mercy-of-whoever-wields-authority-over-the-things-we/) [Epictetus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/epictetus/) > [Sometimes it's easier for people who are in authority to be authoritarian, because people know where you stand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meryl-streep/sometimes-it-s-easier-for-people-who-are-in-authority-to-be/) [Meryl Streep](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meryl-streep/) > [The victory of Hamas is not only based on the corruption of the Palestinian Authority. Hamas has a vision and a program, and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ismail-haniyeh/the-victory-of-hamas-is-not-only-based-on-the-corruption-of-the/) [Ismail Haniyeh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ismail-haniyeh/) [Browse all 4,003 Authority quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/authority/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“To keep under, that is to submit. The Soul can submit to God at the time when it can send itself under the power and authority and dominion that God has over it.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Barbara Hughes" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-hughes/to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul-can-submit-to-god-at-the/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Authority" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-hughes/to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul-can-submit-to-god-at-the/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/barbara-hughes-79434_time_to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul_880688.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/barbara-hughes-79434_time_to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul_880688.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/272/barbara-hughes-79434_time_to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul_880688.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“To keep under, that is to submit. The Soul can submit to God at the time when it can send itself under the…” — Barbara Hughes", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Barbara Hughes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barbara-hughes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "“To keep under, that is to...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-hughes/to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul-can-submit-to-god-at-the/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barbara-hughes/to-keep-under-that-is-to-submit-the-soul-can-submit-to-god-at-the/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```