Surrender Quotes

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It was that surrender he needed. That complete feminine submission to every stroke, every caress, ever naughty act. Only in that submission would the subconscious… — Lora Leigh
you once said to would like to sit beside me while I write. Listen in that case I could not write at all. For writing… — Susan Cain
To love! To surrender absolutely, to prostrate oneself before the divine image, to die a thousand imaginary deaths, to annihilate every trace of self, to… — Henry Miller
Love transforms, Love heals. But sometimes it lays deadly traps and ends up destroying the person who decided to surrender himself completely. — Paulo Coelho
Love is an act of faith in another person, not an act of surrender. — Paulo Coelho
For all that I have kissed before, I have never felt anything like this. It is as if I have swallowed a tiny piece of… — R.L. LaFevers
The larger the group, the more toxic, the more of your beauty as an individual you have to surrender for the sake of group thought.… — George Carlin
I built up these lumber piles of love, and with fourteen boards each I built little houses, so that your eyes, which I adore and… — Pablo Neruda
To be prosperous and happy in life, Henry, it is simple. Pick one woman, pick it well, and surrender. — Elizabeth Gilbert
Love is a lot like dancing; you just surrender to the music. — Pierce Brosnan
For to save mankind's future freedom, we must face up to any risk that is necessary. We will always seek peace--but we will never surrender. — John F. Kennedy
You must surrender whatever preconceptions you have about music if you're really interested in it. — Cecil Taylor
Christ commands you to take up His cross and follow Him, not that He may humble you, or lay some penance upon you, but that… — Horace Bushnell
Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve… — George Washington
There is a certain kind of peace that is not merely the absence of war. It is larger than that. The peace I am thinking… — Toni Morrison
It's hard to conceive that it would take more forces to provide stability in post-Saddam Iraq than it would take to conduct the war itself… — Paul Wolfowitz
However awful the storm of my disappointment, it's a response that belongs to me. It's my heart, after all. My territory, my kingdom. And since… — Helen Oyeyemi
Both Faith and Terror are instruments for the elimination of individual self-respect. Terror crushes the autonomy of self-respect, where Faith obtains its more or less… — Eric Hoffer
The best victory is when the opponent surrenders of its own accord before there are any actual hostilities...It is best to win without fighting. — Sun Tzu
Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya

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