Quotes About Surrender

True obedience is true freedom.

The forces of adversaries are more diminished by the loss of those who flee than of those who are killed.

We cannot know what prayer is for until we know that life is war.

The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but Germany also lost both wars.

Death, in its silent sure march is fast gathering those whom I have longest loved, so that when he shall knock at my door, I will more willingly follow.

The quickest way of ending a war is to lose it.

You have to learn how to die if you wanna be alive.

Esto no me gusta -susurró ella-, no me gusta nada. -Has caído en las manos del diablo cariño. Cuanto antes lo aceptes, mejor será para ti.

Don't dare a person who has nothing else left to lose.

Letting go is the lesson. Letting go is always the lesson. Have you ever noticed how much of our agony is all tied up with craving and loss?

It is one thing to renounce willfulness, another to be robbed of willingness.

I'm almost sad for them. How they can't adjust to the fact that things have changed. That it's not going to be like it was. Just because you have something, just because you hold on tight, doesn't mean it will last. Sometimes you can only watch helplessly as it slips from your grasp. You say good-bye before your ready. You may even refuse to say good-bye at all. Still, it slips away

Yet where lies the line between compromise and surrender? Between relinquishing the ideal of perfection on the one hand, and losing one's integrity on the other?

The amazing, whole, overwhelming, abundant life is found, oddly, by letting go. By living a dangerous faith--the kind of faith that believes in a God who knows our hearts and loves us enough to take our breath away.

She couldn't move, couldn't breathe, with the sense of his gaze reaching in, taking ahold of the shaking inside. He'd always had that power—the crazy calm aura that seemed to suggest, given the chance, he could tame the world. Make the elements surrender, smooth out the rough edges of a mountain, and even teach the sky to call his name. Fearless. Confident.

His life was totally out of control. And it had never felt so right.

God's not going to answer all my questions...and maybe He doesn't need to. Maybe it's enough that He saved us...and He's still saving us.

Surrender is not a Ranger word. Fine. Let the battle begin.

Then Jesus healed the man. I think the important thing here is that we can't always pin down reasons for tragedy. Life is tough—you know that. But every hard moment can be met by God, used by God. That's the glory of it. We can ask why, but we may never find the answer. But we will find God if we turn to Him. In that surrender, He'll turn the tragedy into something for His glory and your eternal good, according to His will.

Lord, I know You're the only one who can make my dreams come true." Mona forced herself to surrender the next words. "I give You this dream, and all others, right now into Your hands for You to handle however You see fit.

God's promises don't depend on your feelings. They depend on his Word. Stop relying on yourself and let God use you how he wants.

I know grace is difficult to accept... it's in our nature to want to bargain for our redemption... but you can do nothing but receive it.

Never go to war without God, Riley. Only when you belong completely to him can he truly use you.

Instead of telling yourself you can't have the happy ending, why don't you let go of all your dreams—and your fears—and let God show you how it ends. He's the master of happy endings—let him figure it out." She