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Quotes About Surrender

I opened my mouth and kissed you then, the first time all night, attacked you and surrendered completely, and let's get out of here. I'm ready, I'm finished, let's not break up, no, no. Take me home, my boyfriend, my love.
~ Daniel Handler
Allison decided it was okay sort of like if you're in a car and it topples off a hill you decide it's okay to fall, too.
~ Daniel Handler
And if that's what he can do as a paper-and-ink phantom, imagine what it was like when he was still alive, if you actually shared in his hatreds and believed in the prophecies, and surrendered as the text-Lenin reached up from the page to hand you the crack pipe of revolution for another hit of the good shit.
~ Daniel Kalder
Slowly, as waves recede, my expanding spirit shrinks back into earthly dimensions -- not voluntarily, because I would prefer to lose myself, but I am pulled from below, back to myself, into myself, so that for just one moment I am on the couch again, fitting the fingers of my awareness into the glove of my flesh. And I know I can move this finger or wink that eye -- if I want to. But I don't want to move. I will not move!
~ Daniel Keyes
I pray God it is the answer I want, but if not I will accept any answer at all and try to be grateful for what I had.
~ Daniel Keyes
Nothing is fixed; she gets hooked by, hooks onto, nothing.
~ Daniel Odier
by the slow and gentle emergence of objectless love, which calmly waits for us to stop pursuing the unattainable.
~ Daniel Odier
Dear God, Help me to stop worrying about the future and the things I can not control. I always allow myself to become overwhelmed and I miss out on enjoying this amazing and wonderful life that I have been given. I miss out as I worry what might be. Help me to see more of you. God and less of me, please show me the way and direct my steps.
~ Karen Kostyla.
The most important lesson that I have learned is to trust God in every circumstance. Lots of times we go through different trials and following God's plan seems like it doesn't make any sense at all. God is always in control and he will never leave us.
~ Allyson Felix
I do not know You God because I am in the way. Please help me to push myself aside.
~ Flannery O'Connor
Please God … lead me to that kind of love. Until then, help me to know that You are enough.
~ Karen Kingsbury
I don't believe in you, God, but please, help me.
~ Paulo Coelho
I want my husband to lead me and our family. But in order for him to do that I must be willing to submit to his lead. This does not mean I surrender my opinions or input or wisdom…it means I surrender my grip of control and selfish ways and trust him!
~ Jennifer Smith
You only lose what you cling to.
~ Buddha
I let go of my need to control and allow the Universe to do her thing.
~ Gabrielle Bernstein
If you love something so much let it go. If it comes back it was meant to be; if it doesn't it never was.
~ Albert Schweitzer
I am a crystal goblet in my Love's hand. Look into my eyes if you don't believe me.
~ Jalal Al-Din Rumi
Letting go isn't a one-time thing, it's something you have to do everyday, over and over again.
~ Dawson's Creek
Anything you can't control is teaching you how to let go.
~ Jackson Kiddard
It's not a matter of letting go – you would if you could. Instead of "let it go" we should probably say "Let it be".
~ Jon Kabat-Zinn
One of the hardest lessons in life is letting go. Whether it's guilt, anger, love, loss, or betrayal. Change is never easy. We fight to hold on and we fight to let go.
~ Mareez Reyes
Success can't be forced.
~ Loretta Young
"True happiness is an acceptance of life as it is given to us, with its diminishment, mystery, uncontrollability, and all."
~ Michael Gellert
In order to be free, we must learn how to let go.
~ Mary Manin Morrissey