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Quotes About Submission

Once vigorous measures appear to be the only means left of bringing the Americans to a due submission to the mother country, the colonies will submit.
~ George III
I see a boy with his mother's ambition, performing for love, trained in submission.
~ Pete Townshend
We can do nothing ourselves; God must do it. To speak to Him thus is easier by nature for woman than for man because a natural desire lives in her to give herself completely to someone.
~ Edith Stein
It is the law of nature that woman should be held under the dominance of man.
~ Confucius
We cannot command Nature except by obeying her.
~ Francis Bacon
You may command nature to the extent only in which you are willing to obey her.
~ Walter Russell
Still, I have been no one's enemy but my own. My easy nature, either in drinking or anything else, was always ready to submit to persuasions of profligate companions, who often led me into snares.
~ John Clare
Patience is that the heart does not feel anger towards that which is destined and that the mouth does not complain.
~ Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyya
Patience is seeking help only from Allah.
~ Dhul-Nun al-Misri
Affliction is a pill, which, being wrapt up in patience and quiet submission, may be easily swallowed; but discontent chews the pill, and so embitters the soul.
~ John Flavel
Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will.
~ Jeremy Collier
The waiting itself is beneficial to us: it tries faith, exercises patience, trains submission, and endears the blessing when it comes.
~ Charles Spurgeon
She will never submit to any thing requiring industry and patience, and a subjection of the fancy to the understanding.
~ Jane Austen, Emma
The Lord did strengthen them that they could bear up their burdens with ease, and they did submit cheerfully and with patience to all the will of the Lord.
~ Joseph Smith, Jr.
There will be no peace in any soul until it is willing to obey the voice of God.
~ Dwight L. Moody
This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.
~ Evelyn Underhill
I believe in the religion of Islam. I believe in Allah and peace.
~ Muhammad Ali
We must always keep in mind all legitimate authority is from God, and is given for protection, provision, and peace.
~ John Bevere
Those who submit to the Lord with simple heart will run the good race. If they keep their minds on a leash, they will not draw the wickedness of the demons onto themselves.
~ John Climacus
Oppression that is clearly inexorable and invincible does not give rise to revolt but to submission.
~ Simone Weil
Peace comes in situations completely surrendered to the sovereign authority of Christ.
~ Beth Moore
There is never any peace for those who resist God.
~ Francois Fenelon
The only basis of peace is the cessation of the conflict of two wills: my will vs God's.
~ Elisabeth Elliot
Islam is not a religion of peace. Islam is a religion of submission. Islam means submit.
~ Stephen Bannon