Surrender Quotes

• The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.

  Vince Lombardi

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

  Vince Lombardi (2012). “What it Takes to be Number One”, p.70, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission.

  John F. Kennedy

  Inspirational, Memorial Day, Freedom

  Cuban Missile Crisis Address to the Nation, delivered 22 October 1962

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  If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.

  Jesse Jackson

  Motivational, Moving On, Success

  "Q&A: The Rev Jesse Jackson". Interview with Rosanna Greenstreet, www.theguardian.com. April 13, 2012.

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• Be crumbled.
  So wild flowers will come up where you are.
  You have been stony for too many years.
  Try something different.
  Surrender.

  Rumi

  Flower, Years, Trying

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• When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Past, Keys, Needs

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.229, New World Library

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• To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic, and so on. True surrender, however, is something entirely different. It does not mean to passively put up with whatever situation you find yourself in and to do nothing about it. Nor does it mean to cease making plans or initiating positive action. Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Letting Go, Giving Up, Mean

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.205, New World Library

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• Passion pursues; love surrenders.

  Janet Todd

  Passion, Pursue

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• I want to rethink surrender as an active verb.

  Brian Eno

  Verbs, Want, Active

  "Surrender. It's Brian Eno". Interview with Stuart Jeffries, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2010.

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• There's something within you that knows what to do. There is a power greater than you that knows how to take care of you without your help. All you've got to do is to surrender to it. Surrender your thoughts, your mind, your ego, to the current that knows the way. It will take care of you. It will take better care of you than you can ever imagine.

  Robert Adams

  Ego, Mind, Care

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• Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Giving Up, Mean, Knowing

  Twitter post from Jan 04, 2013

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• In our willingness to step into the unknown, we surrender ourselves to the creative mind that orchestrates the dance of the universe.

  Deepak Chopra

  Creative, Mind, Steps

  Deepak Chopra (2010). “The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success: A Practical Guide to the Fulfillment of Your Dreams”, p.57, Amber-Allen Publishing

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• 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 our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Beautiful, Smart, Humility

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Aug 31, 2013

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• Surrender is a positive, healthy state. Being a surrendered person does not mean one is beaten down and so hopeless he or she has "given up." It's quite the contrary. Surrender is a state of living in the flow, trusting what is, and being open to serendipity and surprises.

  Judith Orloff

  Mean, Healthy, Serendipity

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  Some of us think holding on makes us strong; but sometimes it is letting go.

  Hermann Hesse

  Love, Life, Strength

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• The moment of surrender is not when life is over. It's when it begins

  Marianne Williamson

  Life Is, Moments, Over It

  Marianne Williamson (2009). “A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of A Course in Miracles”, p.13, Harper Collins

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• When I look for happiness, I lose it. When I stop looking, and surrender to where I am, I find it.

  Barbara De Angelis

  Happiness, Looks, Loses

  Barbara De Angelis (1995). “Real Moments”, Dell

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• Surrender is to give oneself up to the original cause of one's being.

  Ramana Maharshi

  Giving, Causes, Oneself

  Sri Ramana Maharshi (1991). “Be As You Are: The Teachings of Sri Ramana Maharshi”, p.102, Penguin UK

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• To surrender is not giving up the struggle, but finding peace within the struggle.

  Michelle Cruz

  Giving Up, Struggle, Finding Peace

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• The greatness of a man's power is the measure of his surrender.

  William Booth

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Power

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• All you must do is accecpt all that is unaccecptable to you.

  Cheri Huber

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• When you surrender, the problem ceases to exist. Try to solve it, or conquer it, and you only set up more resistance. . . . The most difficult thing to admit, and to realize with one's whole being, is that you alone control nothing. . . .

  Henry Miller

  Trying, Resistance, Problem

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• The creative process is a process of surrender, not control.

  Julia Cameron

  Letting Go, Creativity, Creative

  FaceBook post by Julia Cameron from Nov 02, 2015

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• If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly those moments.

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  Life, Letting Go, Focus And Concentration

  ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH (1973). “BRING ME A UNICORN”

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• When we finally give up the struggle to find fulfillment "out there," we have nowhere to go but within. It is at this moment of total surrender that a new light begins to dawn.

  Shakti Gawain

  Inspirational, Letting Go, Giving Up

  Shakti Gawain (2015). “The Shakti Gawain Essentials: 3 Books in 1: Creative Visualization, Living in the Light & Developing Intuition”, p.158, Mango Media Inc.

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• Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.

  Eckhart Tolle

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Encouragement

  Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.35, New World Library

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