Surrender Quotes

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The self-esteem of western women is founded on physical being (body mass index, youth, beauty). This creates a tricky emphasis on image, but the internalized… — Antonella Gambotto-Burke
It often seems as though the silent, humble servant is secretly wiser and more discerning than the haughty master; yet through dutiful (and sometimes insecure)… — Criss Jami
It can be a good thing if deeper theology, or philosophy, only makes one more uncertain. It may lead to a healthy doubt; he may… — Criss Jami
Surrender is a gift that you can give yourself. It's an act of faith. It's saying that even though I can't see where this river… — Debbie Ford
Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when… — Marianne Williamson
Now, to a single-minded man, who is either brave enough or reckless enough to surrender himself wholly to one idea, and look neither right nor… — James Anthony Froude
The leaves do not change color from the blighting touch of the frost, but from the process of natural decay. They fall when the fruit… — Tryon Edwards
But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden… — Barney Frank
Justice that love gives is a surrender, justice that law gives is a punishment. — Mahatma Gandhi
All compromise is based on give and take, but there can be no give and take on fundamentals. Any compromise on mere fundamentals is a… — Mahatma Gandhi
No other terms than unconditional and immediate surrender. I propose to move immediately upon your works. — Ulysses S. Grant
I was being called to surrender the very citadel of my self. I was completely in the dark. I did not really know what repentance… — Bede Griffiths
I was aware, in those early days of motherhood, that my behaviour was strange to the people who knew me well. It was as though… — Rachel Cusk
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his… — John Dewey
If I'm gonna go down I'm gonna do it with style. You won't hear me surrender, you won't hear me confess cause you've left me… — Ani DiFranco
If you want to make someone feel emotion, you have to make them let go. Listening to something is an act of surrender. — Brian Eno
I want to rethink 'surrender' as an active verb. — Brian Eno
I'm actually an evangelical atheist, but there is something I recognise about religion: that it gives people a chance to surrender. — Brian Eno
Working with David Bowie was very interesting, but I couldn't surrender to it. I should have let him produce a record for me, but I'm… — Marianne Faithfull
Time always seems long to the child who is waiting - for Christmas, for next summer, for becoming a grownup: long also when he surrenders… — Dag Hammarskjold

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