Quotes About Surrender

Meditation provides a way of learning how to let go. As we sit, the self we've been trying to construct and make into a nice, neat package continues to unravel.

Surrender is learning to get out of the way of what wants to happen naturally.

Paradoxically, the more I learned to let go of my own wishes and desires (in this case, the desire not to be hit), the more they became possible.

When we say yes to the grace of God, we are learning how to die.

Only now I'm learning to enjoy not being in charge of what the next stroke will do to the whole painting. I'm still learning that there are no mistakes, only discoveries.

We conquer ourselves by learning patience, for she gives to us our longed for victory only in the surrender of self.

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

Being converted to Jesus is learning to so adore God that we would gladly renounce everything we have to follow Him.

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God's hands, that I still possess.

Instead of resisting to changes, surrender. Let life be with you, not against you. If you think 'My life will be upside down' don't worry. How do you know down is not better than upside?

The greatest human attainment in all the world is for a life to be so surrendered to Him that the name of God Almighty will be glorified through that life.

The true convert does not receive the gospel as an addition to his previous life, but in exchange for it.

Our anxiety does not come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us.

The purpose of life is to glorify God in both good and hard times alike.

The secret of life is... everything is out of control.

When you live in complete acceptance of what is, that is the end of all drama in your life.

Allah knows exactly what to give you to help you return to Him. The events in your life are purposeful, appropriate & non-random.

I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.

I have dedicated my life to the way of Allah, Most High.

Two words that will change your life.... Yes Lord!

God, I pray Thee, light these idle sticks of my life and may I burn for Thee. Consume my life, my God, for it is Thine. I seek not a long life, but a full one, like you, Lord Jesus.

Whatever you are holding onto in this life, hold it loosely so it won't hurt when the Lord has to pry your fingers open to take it away.

A life totally committed to God has nothing to fear, nothing to lose, nothing to regret.