Surrendered Quotes

136 quotes by 117 authors

If we surrendered to earth's intelligence we could rise up rooted, like trees. — Rainer Maria Rilke
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked,… — Anne Rice
The Church has surrendered her once lofty concept of God and has substituted for it one so low, so ignoble, as to be utterly unworthy… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. — Elisabeth Elliot
She stood before him and surrendered herself to him and sky, forest, and brook all came toward him in new and resplendent colors, belonged to… — Hermann Hesse
By dawn he had surrendered, gratefully, to the old inertia, the product of always seeing both sides of every question. — Robert Harris
...Cities may be rebuilt, and a People reduced to Poverty, may acquire fresh Property: But a Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never… — John Adams
... I tried to end our little duel. I called out pacifying words; I entreated; I finally surrendered. Still Clyde came, my pirate costume so… — John Kennedy Toole
The face she made at me was probably meant for a smile. Whatever it was, it beat me. I was afraid she'd do it again,… — Dashiell Hammett
For there is always a sanctuary more, a door that can never be forced, a last inviolable stronghold that can never be taken, whatever the… — Ken Kesey
Be helpless, dumbfounded, Unable to say yes or no. Then a stretcher will come from grace to gather us up. We are too dull-eyed to… — Unknown Author
For how long could we fail until we surrendered? — Jonathan Safran Foer
Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ. — Beth Moore
She fell asleep, lying there, her hand clasping his. Her last awareness, before she surrendered the responsibility of consciousness, was the sense of an enormous… — Ayn Rand
Once you have surrendered yourself, you make yourself receptive. In receiving from God, you are perfected and completed. — Fulton J. Sheen
As I see it, a successful story of any kind should be almost like hypnosis: You fascinate the reader with your first sentence, draw them… — Alan Moore
Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship,… — Laura Hillenbrand
If my life is surrendered to God, all is well. Let me not grab it back, as though it were in peril in His hand… — Elisabeth Elliot
You also know youâ€™re surrendered when you donâ€™t react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You donâ€™t… — Rick Warren
Love isn't just about feeling sure of the other person, knowing what he would give up for you. It's knowing with certainty what you are… — Robin Hobb

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