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Quotes About Submission

My aunt once said the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.
~ Jack Kerouac
Accept loss forever Be submissive to everything, open, listening No fear or shame in the dignity of your experience, language, knowledge Be in love with your life.
~ Jack Kerouac
I'm really interested in passivity as a type of action - sort of allowing the situation to change you, choosing to give in being an act of agency rather than an act of submission.
~ Alexandra Kleeman
The best source for finding an agent is called Literary Agents of North America. It's a complete list of agents, not only by name and address, but by type of book they represent and by what their submission criteria are.
~ Sara Paretsky
I think I'm from the 18th century, not even the 19th. I don't even use a typewriter. I prefer longhand, and that's how I submit my manuscripts to my publishers.
~ Ruskin Bond
At a certain point, I felt the need to submit to a higher level of religiosity... to move away from my intuition and to accept an ultimate truth. I felt that in order to become a good person, I needed rules - lots of them - or else I would somehow fall apart. I am reclaiming myself. Trusting my goodness and my divine mission.
~ Matisyahu
I have very real concerns about the civil liberties implications of ultimately requiring every resident to submit themselves for compulsory fingerprinting or some other biometric test.
~ Patricia Hewitt
When I got into UFC, it was an unbelievable feeling. When I got inside the cage, 'Big' John McCarthy - a guy who I was watching back when Royce Gracie was fighting - was the referee. I was able to earn a quick submission win. It was perfect.
~ Demian Maia
I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me.
~ Abraham Lincoln
You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!
~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Who are we to wish for Paradise? It will be enough if Allah spares us his wrath.
~ Abu Hanifa
May Allah steal from you All that steals you from Him.
~ Rabia Basri
O Allah, You know that the only thing I want in this life Is to be obedient to Your command. Even the living sight of my eyes Is service at your court
~ Rabia Basri
O Lord... Once I wanted You so much I didn't even dare walk past Your house- And now I am not even worthy to be let in
~ Rabia Basri
Spread out your petition before God, and then say, "Thy will, not mine, be done." The sweetest lesson I have learned in God's school is to let the Lord choose for me.
~ Dwight L. Moody
Worry about Allah and what He wants you to do and He will take care of your worries.
~ Nuh Ha Mim Keller
The heartbrokenness of the sinner is better than the forcefulness of the obedient
~ Abu Madyan
Anyone who rises above the things of this world, to which you kneel, is mightier than you.
~ Ibn Hazm
Do to me, O Allah, what is worthy of Thee; And not what is worthy of me.
~ Saadi
I want to encourage you to place yourself totally into God's hands and allow Him to be the Manager of your life.
~ Joyce Meyer
God, I want what you want more than I want what I want.
~ Andy Stanley
Investigation after declaration of submission leads astray.
~ Wasif Ali Wasif
God does not guide those who want to run their own life. He only guides those who admit their need of His direction and rely on His wisdom.
~ Winkie Pratney
Beauty is a King that needs to be obeyed
~ Nuh Ha Mim Keller