Surrender Quotes

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Commonplaceness, the surrender to the average, that good which is not bad but still the enemy of the best - That is our besetting danger. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Do not be surprised if you fall every day and do not surrender. Stand your ground bravely and you may be sure that your guardian… — John Climacus
Total surrender to the will of God actually is sacrificing oneself as a burnt offering to God. The proof of this state is dying to… — Lorenzo Scupoli
...the person who surrenders absolutely to God, with no reservations, is absolutely safe. From this safe hiding-place he can see the devil , but the… — Soren Kierkegaard
At the very point of vulnerability is where the surrender takes place-that is where the god enters. The god comes through the wound. — Marion Woodman
There is no way for a human being to come to God that does not involve surrender. — John Ortberg
My golf is woeful, but I will never surrender — Bing Crosby
Transitions are a part of life, allowing for perpetual renewal. When you experience the end of one chapter, allow yourself to feel the emotions of… — David Simon
Well, you know, the mind is nothing. The mind is only a bunch of thoughts. Thoughts about the past and the future, that is all… — Robert Adams
If you don't surrender to God, don't think you don't surrender. Everybody surrenders -- to something. — E. Stanley Jones
If a crisis has come to you on any front, surrender your will to Jesus absolutely and irrevocably. — Oswald Chambers
The first demand any work of art makes upon us is to surrender. Look. Listen. Receive. Get yourself out of the way. — C.S. Lewis
Every dictator is a mystic, and every mystic is a potential dictator. A mystic craves obedience from men, not their agreement. He wants them to… — Ayn Rand
When you surrender and stop resisting and stop trying to change that which you can't change, but be in the moment, be fully open to… — Oprah Winfrey
Jesusâ€™ example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a gift… — Pope Benedict XVI
Brokenness is the shattering of my self-will - the absolute surrender of my will to the will of God. — Nancy Leigh DeMoss
Ask God for the grace to live for Him and continue to live in Him. Right now, surrender it all to Him. — T. B. Joshua
I shall never surrender or retreat. — William B. Travis
I crave the sweet surrender of sleep and my dreams' uncensored communication: no tiresome small talk, sucking up to impress, or tiptoeing around charged topics.… — Judith Orloff
If you are not yourself, if you surrender your personality, you have nothing left to give the world. You have no pleasure, no use, nothing… — Edward Wilmot Blyden

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