Surrender Quotes - Page 30

• Don't seek God in temples. He is close to you. He is within you. Only you should surrender to Him and you will rise above happiness and unhappiness.

  Leo Tolstoy

  God, Childhood, Unhappy

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• At UCLA I quickly learned the knack of getting grades, a craven surrender to custom, since grades had little to do with learning.

  Hugh Nibley

  Learning, Ucla, Knack

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• The essence of all religions is One. Surrender is the main duty of everyone. Surrender means the feeling of oneness, I and God are One. Why? The reason is that the One who is present in you is present in me.

  Sathya Sai Baba

  Mean, Essence, Oneness

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• We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.-Honor, justice, and humanity, forbid us tamely to surrender that freedom which we received from our gallant ancestors, and which our innocent posterity have a right to receive from us. We cannot endure the infamy and guilt of resigning succeeding generations to that wretchedness which inevitably awaits them, if we basely entail hereditary bondage upon them.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Justice, Humanity, Honor

  Bernard Mayo, Thomas Jefferson (1988). “Jefferson Himself: The Personal Narrative of a Many-Sided American”, p.55, University of Virginia Press

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• There's no dishonor in being forced by a superior power into slavery, but it is an eternal disgrace to voluntarily surrender one's liberty for a filthy bowl of oatmeal and promise of security by liars.

  Charley Reese

  Liars, Oatmeal, Promise

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• You'll come back, because yours is an error of knowledge, not a moral failure, not an act of surrender to evil, but only the last act of being victim to your own virtue. We'll wait for you and when you come back, you will have discovered that there need never be any conflict among your desires, nor so tragic a clash of values as the one you've borne so well.

  Ayn Rand

  Knowledge, Errors, Evil

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• God will not force himself upon us against our will. If we want his love, we need to believe in him. We need to make a definite, positive act of commitment and surrender to the love of God. No one can do it for us.

  Billy Graham

  God, Believe, Commitment

  Billy Graham (2003). “Breakfast with Billy Graham: 120 Daily Readings”, Testament

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• He knows what He is doing with me. I cannot always understand His way, but I am content in the realization that He knows what is best. That is surrender.

  Daya Mata

  God, Faith, Realization

  Daya Mata (1976). “Only Love”, Self Realization Fellowship Pub

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• The attack on "selfishness" is an attack on man's self-esteem; to surrender one, is to surrender the other.

  Ayn Rand

  Self Esteem, Men, Selfishness

  Ayn Rand (1964). “The Virtue of Selfishness”, p.10, Penguin

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• He is fairer than the morning star, and whiter than the moon. For his body I would give my soul, and for his love I would surrender heaven.

  Oscar Wilde

  Morning, Stars, Romantic Love

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• Surrender doesn't obstruct power; it enhances it.

  Marianne Williamson

  Acceptance

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• Being free brings a lightness, a carefree surrender to all that is happening around you, and, above all, an acceptance of reality.

  Deepak Chopra

  Freedom, Acceptance, Reality

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• To be defeated and yet not surrender, this is victory.

  Jozef Pilsudski

  Victory, Defeated

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• Meditation is not a technique to master;
  it is the highest form of prayer,
  a naked act of love and effortless surrender
  into the silent abyss beyond all knowing

  Adyashanti

  Prayer, Knowing, Meditation

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• Things don't spiral out of control when we surrender them; they spiral out of control when we try to control them!

  Marianne Williamson

  Trying, Spirals

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Apr 14, 2012

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• You surrender to love; you do not accomplish love by willpower.

  Richard Rohr

  Love You, Willpower, Accomplish

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• Guilty she might be. But what human being was not? There were things in her past she needn't be ashamed of, things to be proud of; she wouldn't surrender so meekly to a condemning judgment.

  John Jakes

  Past, Proud, Might

  John Jakes (2012). “The Furies”, p.584, Open Road Media

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• Happiness requires that we give up a worldly orientation-not worldly things, but a worldly attachment to things. We have to surrender all outcomes. We have to live here but appreciate the joke.

  Marianne Williamson

  Happiness, Giving Up, Attachment

  Marianne Williamson (1994). “Illuminata: A Return to Prayer”, Riverhead Trade (Paperbacks)

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• Surrender happens by Grace. All we're doing is cleaning up the room so when Surrender walks in, He can sit down.

  Krishna Das

  Grace, Rooms, Cleaning

  Twitter post from Sep 25, 2013

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• The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city.

  David Riesman

  Children, Doctors, Cities

  David Riesman (1964). “Abundance for What?”, p.243, Transaction Publishers

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• That's how it goes, my friend. The problem is not falling a captive, it's how to avoid surrender.

  Naz?m Hikmet

  Fall, Problem, Defeat

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• The Love-god inflames more fiercely those he sees are reluctant to surrender.

  Tibullus

  Love, God Love, Reluctant

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• When we love the stars light up, the wrong becomes undone. Naturally, my soul surrenders.

  Carrie Underwood

  Stars, Light, Soul

  Song: Inside Your Heaven, Album: Some Hearts, 2005

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• Evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders, but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers, and world of hunger in vengeance will always remember.

  Phil Ochs

  Forgiveness, Evil, Done

  Song: We Seek No Wider War

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• I'd be a fool to surrender, when I know I can be a contender. And if everyone's a contender, then everyone could be a winner.

  Coolio

  Inspirational, Fool, Winner

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