Quotes About Surrender

Oh Alexander," she said, "what do you want from me..." "Everything!" he whispered fiercely.

Life cannot be possessed. You cannot have it in your fist. If you want to have it, you have to keep your hands open.

The only way to get what you really want is to let go of what you don't want.

I am not promising that God will give you everything you want. There are times when we want things that God knows would not be good for us.

Why do we bombard God with our prayers for what we lack to be provided? Perhaps we should be asking God not to supply our wants, but to dwell within them.

The gods throw the dice and they don't ask whether we want to be in the game or not.

Open your arms if you want the Beloved's embrace.

Every time we sin in thought, word, or deed, we're essentially saying in that moment that, "I don't need you God. I don't want you God. I like my way better than your way."

Oh love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me, love me. I'll be anybody you want me to be.

Die to self. Live for Christ. And then do what you want, and go where you want, for God's glory.

I have spent many years holding so tightly to things - wants, desires, etc. - but inevitably, they or something even better only arrives when I release the grasp.

Having faith in God means trusting in Him even when everything inside of you wants to take control.

Even when the time control has been reached, there is one situation where you want to act as if it has not: when your position is absolutely lost.

Jesus says if you want to have me, you must give up that other thing that has you.

Prayer is not the cunning art of using God, subjecting Him to one's selfish ends in an effort to get out of Him what you want.

And what you need ironically. Will turn out what you want to be. If you just let it.

I'll do whatever you want, whatever you need. Anything. Just take me back.

God doesn't need anything nevertheless He wants worshipers.

Death's easy to find. If She wants you, you'll meet Her here as well as anywhere.

To quit smoking, you must first want to quit, but then you must also do the quitting

When someone was willing to drown with me, I really didn't want to drown anymore.

Jesus is all we have; he is all we need and all we want. We are shipwrecked on God and stranded on omnipotence!

...he did not want me to seek the whys, because there are some things that happen for which we can formulate no whys, for which whys simply do not exist and, perhaps, are not necessary.

I loved to teach, I loved my students, but I wanted to find a community. I prayed: "Lord, show me where you want me to go. I will go wanted wherever you call me - but please be clear."